Preferred/Disliked ad categories
I would really like it if ads were categorized based on content; I love seeing ads for things like pizza and restaurants, but I HATE having to sit through an unskippable ad for a horror movie/show. If ads were categorized, there could be a section in Twitch options where I could move different tags into "show me more" and "show me less" status based on what I do or don't want to see.

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Franch_Dressing commented
Every ad I see is a Tampax ad. I'm a 30+ y/o, male. I watch twitch on my lunch break and am not as interested as you might think in period blood while I eat my sandwich. It isn't a one off ad. Every ad is the same Tampax commercial. If this ad is run to bring awareness to women having periods, it is unnecessary. I learned this in junior high.
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Juice_Roi commented
The option to turn off ads for alcoholic products for people with addiction/substance abuse problems that sill want to enjoy twitch channels. With the understanding this may cause some loss of ad revenue, I would hope that twitch would put the welfare of its community before profits from advertisers.
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blastermasterguy commented
PLEASE GET RID OF THE TEXTING WHILE DRIVING AD! I EXPERIENCED A TRAUMATIC CAR ACCIDENT AS A CHILD AND I DO NOT NEED NOR DO I WANT TO BE FORCED TO SEE ONE HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVERY SINGLE TIME I LOG ON TO TWITCH TO WATCH A VIDEO!
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safariamb commented
Any other ad is fine
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MuppetPacman commented
I keep getting ads for fifa and madden and all those EA gambling games, please stop, I know its probably a lot of money for twitch but just stop, its advertising gambling to kids who use twitch. ATM I seem to be getting those fifa ads on repeat, please stop repeating the same ads, especially after its one I despise.
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ActionFraction commented
I keep seeing ads for movies I don't want spoiled. Please let us opt-out of ads like that. It's unfathomable Twitch treats ads like regular tv when so much more granular targeted content is at your fingertips.
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RainBluntman commented
Alcoholism runs rampant in my family and the alcohol ads are entirely too enticing and normalizing of alcohol use. I actually am a bartender but as I value professionalism, I would never drink at work. I actually haven't drank in months. I use twitch in my free time to destress and distract me (as a viewer) and to hopefully entertain and inspire (as a streamer). I take my role streaming very seriously and have not sipped alcohol in a single stream. I find when watching other streams drinking is almost the incentive to watch- to watch your favorite streamer get drunk. I feel extremely uncomfortable with this and I hope this platform finds a way to stop advertising alcohol as it is seriously enabling and dangerous. Those under a legal drinking age are watching twitch streamers drink excessively and I think this could lead to not only a density of non-sober streamers but non-sober younger viewers developing bad habits. I hope you really take this seriously as I have young family who loves using this app. I hope twitch streaming can be looked at as a profession and in a profession/ career I don't think using alcohol should be acceptable. I am extremely aware this is an unpopular opinion as someone who's only a couple months sober I would very much appreciate the purging of alcohol use and advertising on Twitch. Thank you.
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Fizzletrick commented
Please give us a way to turn off certain types of ads. If I'm going to be shown ads I would like to be shown things that are interesting to me and something I could actually benefit from being shown.
Being shown a horror ad is both an absolute waste on me and is also something that is driving me away from consuming content in which ads are involved.
Give us a method by which we can select types of ads that are absolutely fruitless for us to be shown so that our experience isn't as negatively effected by their presence.
I love supporting my favorite streamers but I'm close to forgoing viewing ads simply because of the emotional shock I get tased with every time an ad roll starts up.
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f00handle commented
I agree - I watch twitch to calm down and relax during these scary times, and scary/horror ads can freak me out for days. If the only solution is to choose a different form of media I will have to do that rather than watch twitch.
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LudaLuke commented
I would love to be able to pick the topics of the adverts shown as pre-rolls or when I run an ad break, for example a US viewer (I'm UK based) had condom adverts and whilst I'm all for safe ***, I'm not sure that its the kind of adverts I want viewers associating with my channel, some choice in the level of maturity on adverts (based on the disclosed age of a Twitch account) and the types of adverts shown to viewers would be greatly appreciated.
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R3B33KIK0 commented
No matter how many times I report an ad for being offensive to my beliefs it keeps showing the same offensive ads. I am a very sensitive adult and don't need or want to see those types of ads. Please make it so, if your gonna show ads to the public make them FAMILY FRIENDLY OR SAFE TO WATCH!
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lischiKi commented
for the past few days I have been getting ads for 18+ Games and Shows (amazon) and I just think its absolutely inappropriat. There has to be an option to stop that. I do not ever want to see zombie stuff or horror trailers when I watch something on twitch. I don't watch twitch to be scared and what if I watch a stream with kids in the room.? Content has to be kids friendly to have advertisements on so the advertisements have to be kid friendly too.
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lilcool100 commented
Condom ads? really? i can understand that to a extent. BUT VIBRATORS. are you guys crazy? Children go on you platform as well as adults.
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Timdoggrev commented
Make them gaming, music, or something connected to the types of streams people do on your platform. Then your hitting key markets and upsetting less viewers
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HotFlatDietPepsi commented
Absolutely agree, and that same ad ruined my appetite this morning. Why in the world do we have to agree to watch mature streams, but then something 10x more graphic can get a free pass?
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NatenessCGL commented
There should be an option to remove inappropriate ads from being shown on your channel. At the very least ads should be in 2 categories, probably more. They should be grouped and chosen based on the streamers channel and what is deemed appropriate.
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epiklycorne commented
We should choose our ads ;-)
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KingdomAcademia commented
Agree please! Tuning in with my child next to me is near a nightmare, let alone endorsing a stream of ours with their face/voice featured on the stream. Mortifying to say the least.
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KingdomAcademia commented
We need this. I have so many hearts to guard !!
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ToneToneNation commented
Family Friendly Streamers are forced to advertise Ads that are NOT appropriate for the 13 y/o age requirement for twitch, let alone for family friendly streamer.
Can we please have an option to either not run ads (and just lose that revenue) OR a family friendly ad genre.