I agree with this, not really any kind of priority but i'd be happy to see such thing, my best friend who streamed passed away back in 2019, his channel is still existing under his name Mifinity and i'm still a moderator there. Unfortunately, he'll never go back online. If not any commemoration, i'd appreciate if the channel NEVER got deleted.

It would be good if each Twitch account had a legacy plan. what to do if a streamer passes away. It should be the choice of the streamer of what to do with their content. If they choose to have their account completely deleted, that should be their choice; but if they choose to leave a legacy, it would be great for streamers to also decide what of their account remains, like the clips, or the highlights. Former subscribers might be able to continue to use their follower emotes in other channels.

The streamer should also be able to designate another Twitch user(s) as caretaker for the account that may be able to follow additional instructions left by the streamer, such as being able to remove clips or highlights that they don't want to outlive them; and also to be able to direct any grieving viewers and friends to places where they can share their memories.

I totally support this idea, but it would be great if the streamer had control of this while they are alive as so that Twitch knows exactly how to honour their wishes.

im gonna bump this because my beat friend who streamed passed too...

This really needs to be added. I just had a very special streamer of mine to pass away and I really want his stuff kept his stuff. I even have the obituary to prove his death.

I would absolutely love this idea. We recently had a friend pass in our community unexpectedly, and we want to make sure we don't lose her vods or clips. She was a wonderful and very funny human, but we don't want to see her account go away either.

If an account was memorialized, it would be great if a proven family member or mods could go into the account and pull videos and clips from the archive to highlight.

Great suggestion! Facebook does indeed offer that functionality. https://apkwa.net/cyber-whatsapp/

So this idea came about as a few other social platforms have processes by which they convert profiles into tribute pages for people who have passed away (Facebook for example being one).

The example I will use in terms of twitch is Reckful. His substantial following find/found solace, comfort and entertainment in watching his past streams.. his legacy really. After change to his stream key or the way in which this is accessed, his mods can no longer stream from his profile, instead restreaming from an unofficial vod channel, which has nowhere near the exposure to Reckfuls fans as his own page.

Also his channel was promoting suicide advice/help resources in his chat, to his 900k+ followers. Which I think is a good thing.

I suggest that partnered streamers of a certain size who pass away, can be immortalised and have their profile convert to a fixed page, which cleverly will not 24/7 broadcast vods, instead holding a live timestamp which progresses through past broadcasts in the background, I guess like a rerun? but without anyone needing to run a streaming client anywhere. On accessing the page, fans can click play and jump like a youtube timestamp URL, to the same place in a vod as anyone else on the page. Chat could remain the same and be a place to talk, this would potentially lower the processing/bandwidth requirement on twitch as it would be on-access and simulate and synchronise viewers without having to broadcast the vod to potentially 0 viewers.

If vods were limited or inaccessible, allowing mods to vet and approve vods from remote sources would be ideal but I can understand how that could be exploited. The channels could continue to take subs from fans which go directly to family, associated charities and pay for hosting fees. This also would allow fans to enjoy content they love and give in a meaningful way to good causes who have had a positive effect on their lives.

My brother passed away February 9th. Lintz417

He didn’t have much of his content saved.

I can only find highlight clips by looking at the all time category. I also am curious is there is any videos in archive that I could gain access too.

Thanks twitch if you are able to help with this.

The only thing that helps right now is looking at pictures of him.

I'm bumping this idea because WeDontWhisper who was an affiliate on Twitch recently passed away. Some of her closest friends had a memorial for her. WeDontWhisper was a partner for Super Animal Royale.

I agree. I just lost my best friend steph_hope two weeks ago and I wanted Twitch to be able to at least save her last broadcast as a way for us to keep her around.

Excellent idea! Facebook actually have that feature.

If the channel owner has passed away for any reason, their channel should be memorialized by their family member or a friend who knew them both online during their streams & offline as in IRL. I'm suggesting this because a fellow affiliate XavyCakes4u recently passed away from an unknown cause. I was unaware of it until partner KiitLock brought it up through Twitter.