Give users the option to remove the 'Twitch Stories' button from the left tab where followers show. For users like me who suffer from crippling OCD, a change as small as this is very stressful. I can't turn it off at all! I can maximize a stream but then I cant see chat at all, or talk to anyone. I get a new feature like stories they want to show off but, long term, simply having it as an option under your profile, when you click your profile pic and open the dropdown menu, should be good enough! I want to see streams I follow on the side and nothing else.
Many people also use Twitch to get away from the normal social media like twitter facebook instagram where the stories things are all over the place. It seems harmful to even have stories on Twitch, but if theyre going to, at least let us people who it physically and mentally hurts have a way to ignore them. Moving the button to the menu should be easy enough!