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1. Implement child-broadcasting PREVENTION measures.

   Adopting industry-standard child broadcasting PREVENTION measures
   to deter preteens from mobile streaming on Twitch (& predators targeting them):

   ✩ In short:
   • Implement a 25-50 follower requirement for mobile broadcasting.
   • Newcomer mobile-only adults can bypass this through ID-verification.
   • Uniquely on Twitch (among other major livestreaming services),
   underage users can presently pick up their phone, create an account and go live-streaming without restrictions – all in 2 minutes.

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   ✩ In detail:

   • 1. CONTEXT:
   September 2022, Bloomberg report illustrates how Amazon's Twitch, uniquely so in contrast with competing broadcasting platforms,
   leads the video-service industry in widescale child-livestreaming and consequent widespread predation.
   – https://twitter.com/business/status/1572755069506056192
   • 2. WHY:
   – This is due to Twitch lacking child-broadcasting PREVENTION measures incorporated on other live-services.
   – 280,000 mobile-broadcasting Twitch preteens have been targeted by predatory entities who manipulate, threaten, coerce, in real-time, towards broadcasted gestures or worse..

   • 3. WHERE:
   – Near totality of Twitch’s adult creatorbase is on computer.
   – Nearly totality of Twitch's preteen broadcasting is on mobile.

   • 4. WHAT:
   The entirety of the widescale Twitch’s child-broadcasting issue ends overnight when it adopts vital PREVENTION measures:
   The most effective of which is (standard on other live-services, extremely effective at deterring underage live-streaming)
   ✩ Mobile follower requirement (25-50 followers).
   OR
   ✩ ID-Verification for Mobile streaming.

   • 5. SAFETY & ACCESSIBILITY:
   • Twitch is committed to having its service freely available to all users (of age), including adults who might first try their hand at streaming through mobile devices.
   • The ID-Verification feature for MOBILE ONLY (increasingly adopted across social media) is the perfect happy medium permitting adults to stream on mobile without the required followers;
   – While simultaneously ensuring child safety through crucial barriers.

   ✩ It is vital TWITCH urgently adopts this industry-standard MOBILE-streaming barrier to prevent preteens from freely broadcasting, and consequently being preyed upon.

   Adopting industry-standard child broadcasting PREVENTION measures
   to deter preteens from mobile streaming on Twitch (& predators targeting them):

   ✩ In short:
   • Implement a 25-50 follower requirement for mobile broadcasting.
   • Newcomer mobile-only adults can bypass this through ID-verification.
   • Uniquely on Twitch (among other major livestreaming services),
   underage users can presently pick up their phone, create an account and go live-streaming without restrictions – all in 2 minutes.

   ---

   ✩ In detail:

   • 1. CONTEXT:
   September 2022, Bloomberg report illustrates how Amazon's Twitch, uniquely so in contrast with competing broadcasting platforms,
   leads the video-service industry in widescale child-livestreaming and consequent… more

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2. Protect streamers by preventing any access to channel for banned users

   This is not to take away from the improvements that have already been made, and are being implemented. The work that is being done is greatly appreciated.
   However, further change is needed to better protect streamers for banned users. Merely preventing chatting is not enough to deter harassment, stalking, or intrusive bot behavior.

   Most people are aware that measures often can be circumvented, that is not an excuse for the lack of protection that currently exists.
   Streamers need a way to completely cut off a user from content. I believe the proposed measures are reasonable, and will also provide protection against abuse as well as preventing intrusive bots from squatting in channels without permission.

   The proposed changes are:
   1. A banned user is prevented from connecting to a channel's chat completely, which means their name does not appear in the list of viewers.
   2. A banned user is prevented from viewing the stream itself, on site or using other means.
   3. A banned user is blocked from subscribing and following, and will be automatically unsubscribed and / or unfollowed.
   4. A banned user is prevented from viewing any other channel information and content, including the streamer's panels, VODs, clips, followers, and followed accounts.
   5. A streamer must be able to toggle an option to treat logged out viewers similarly as a banned user, preventing any access until they log in.

   Additionally, to prevent excessive account creation, the following measures should be implemented as well:
   6. Accounts need to be verified by e-mail.
   7. Limit the amount of accounts per e-mail, to 1 or at a maximum 2.
   8. Limit the amount of accounts that can be created from a single IP address per day.

   Thank you for your consideration.

   This is not to take away from the improvements that have already been made, and are being implemented. The work that is being done is greatly appreciated.
   However, further change is needed to better protect streamers for banned users. Merely preventing chatting is not enough to deter harassment, stalking, or intrusive bot behavior.

   Most people are aware that measures often can be circumvented, that is not an excuse for the lack of protection that currently exists.
   Streamers need a way to completely cut off a user from content. I believe the proposed measures are reasonable, and will also provide protection… more

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   Partial Release  ·  Adminmouse (UserVoice Senior Program Manager, Twitch) responded

   We are happy to announce that we have released an update that addresses some of these points.

   Channel Banned users will no longer be able to view the chat, and they will also be removed from your Chat list. There is an issue that has caused us to pause this temporarily, but we expect a fix to be out very soon – stay tuned to the Twitter thread below for the update.

   Additionally, if you Block a user, they will not be able to subscribe or follow, and Blocking them will automatically unfollow them.

   https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1243643979897417730?s=20

   How to Block a user: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/how-to-manage-harassment-in-chat#BlockWhispersandMessagesfromStrangers

   I will leave this topic open for your points about being unable to fully view the remaining content of a channel, and account creation.

3. IP Ban from channel

   IP Ban makes it possible to permanently ban a user with the same IP Address, thus not allowing them to crate other account to try and troll/spam, etc.

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   Partial Release  ·  AdminShimesaba (Product Manager, Twitch) responded

   We apply IP bans in Chat based on users’ Moderation actions in certain cases. We don’t currently plan to publicize the logic we use because we think it would make it easier for bad actors to bypass the restriction.

4. Allow Streamers to Remove Followers (eg. Banned Chatters and/or Trolls)

   Please allow streamers to remove people from their follower's list. As a small streamer, I struggle with trolls, and I have made many streamer friends who have had the same experiences as me. On more than one occasion I have banned a troll from chat and had them return with upwards of 3 other accounts, sometimes even up to 10 or 15 other accounts during one stream. (Keep in mind my average stream is about 2.5 hours, and I try my best to not acknowledge or encourage the trolls at all, I just ban them and move on.) They follow each time they return, adding new but empty follows to the follower count.

   I have had trolls return with new usernames that target my mods, or reference something that was said earlier in the stream, or even referencing their past usernames that were previously banned. Their follows are meaningless because they will likely never return with that account that they made to troll a specific streamer.

   Many streamers try to keep track of their follower to viewer ratio as they grow. To see what they're doing wrong or right, and to see what helps them grow or makes them lose followers. Having those empty follows of people who will never return is quite a problem.

   Here are a few of my suggestions:

   • Automatically removing someone from the follower's list if they get banned in chat.

   • Giving streamers the option to view their banned chatters list and manually remove the follow themselves.

   • Remove the option to make multiple accounts with one verified email address. (This enables trolls to make new accounts in just a couple of minutes and quickly return to keep harassing a streamer)

   • If a streamer has banned several usernames that share the same email, allow the streamer to ban the entire email address and any associated usernames.

   • If a streamer has banned several usernames that share the same email, allow the streamer to remove any and all usernames that are associated with that email from their follower list.

   Trolls will not keep me from streaming, but implementing at least one (if not several) of these ideas would be a huge help to me and many other streamers out there. Thank you for your time and consideration!

   Please allow streamers to remove people from their follower's list. As a small streamer, I struggle with trolls, and I have made many streamer friends who have had the same experiences as me. On more than one occasion I have banned a troll from chat and had them return with upwards of 3 other accounts, sometimes even up to 10 or 15 other accounts during one stream. (Keep in mind my average stream is about 2.5 hours, and I try my best to not acknowledge or encourage the trolls at all, I just ban them and move on.) They follow… more

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   Partial Release  ·  Adminmouse (UserVoice Senior Program Manager, Twitch) responded

   You have a lot of different suggestions here, the latter of which have not been implemented so I will leave the topic open, but I wanted to let the thread know that we have recently released the ability to remove followers from your list by Blocking them.

   https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1243643979897417730?s=20

   You can see how to Block a user here: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/how-to-manage-harassment-in-chat#BlockWhispersandMessagesfromStrangers

   Additionally, you can see your channel Banned Chatters in your Moderation Preferences in the Dashboard

   https://dashboard.twitch.tv/settings/moderation

5. Recourse for old suspensions and new features

   Since affiliate follow-emotes have come live, I've noticed several streamers are unable to use the new features due to suspensions 3 or 5 or more years old. So much so that some streamers can't even recall being suspended, or the reason for suspension, while maintaining a spotless record since then while consistently streaming for years, maintaining long term subscriptions and teams.

   Despite otherwise fulfilling all the requirements for "Instant Upload Eligibility Requirements", they remain locked out of these new features, taunted by a link reading "find out how to regain access", with no further support, as they already meet said requirements to regain accress, condemning them for a long ago sin. Maybe they were ignorant of how words could hurt someone, or maybe they forgot to shut down their stream after it ended, or maybe the even slept on stream, or violated ToS with an alcohol themed stream. In most cases, these aren't vile offenses, and when the streamer perseveres through their just punishment, we should acknowledge their progress and growth, and we shouldn't inhibit their growth by holding these old offenses over their heads. Are you the same person you were 3, or 5, or 7 years ago?

   In some cases, these features weren't even on any development roadmap when they were suspended, and rules on Twitch have changed, in some cases, significantly, since then.

   I recommend Twitch open a line of communication to these streamers, and not treat them like branded felons like they do now - to allow streamers who have been positive members of the community and who are committed to continuing to grow. Why should they be stopped for something that could be forgiven after such a long time? Having spoken to some of these streamers, their ban appeals are always ignored because they're asking for forgiveness on a very old ban (3 or more years ago). Would it not be in our collective best interest to grant it to them if they have proven themselves?

   Must they make a new account instead? That seems ridiculous and unfair. Some streamers have grown communities over many years, even approaching partner levels of success - but unless they breach that elusive threshold, it appears that Twitch has no care for them and will not lift the penalties incurred by old suspensions. They will only consider so if they make partner.
   If the streamer wants to maintain the community they have already into a successful partner application, they must do so without the support of new tools that other streamers can use, despite the inordinate length of time between the suspension, and now. The way these old suspensions are currently handled, is a slap in the face of some productive and lovely streamers who have otherwise done no harm, and have been condemned to being second class affiliates.

   So I call on Twitch to right this wrong. People grow and are capable of not only change, but to better the world around them, not only from learning from their mistakes, but because they made the mistakes and have learned and respected the boundaries imposed by Twitch, and have been in good standing since their infraction, over a long period.

   Thank you.

   Since affiliate follow-emotes have come live, I've noticed several streamers are unable to use the new features due to suspensions 3 or 5 or more years old. So much so that some streamers can't even recall being suspended, or the reason for suspension, while maintaining a spotless record since then while consistently streaming for years, maintaining long term subscriptions and teams.

   Despite otherwise fulfilling all the requirements for "Instant Upload Eligibility Requirements", they remain locked out of these new features, taunted by a link reading "find out how to regain access", with no further support, as they already meet said… more

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6. Global Moderator for Twitch Teams

   I would love a global moderator role for twitch teams (that the twitch team leader could assign), so they can work or moderate in any of the team members chats.

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7. Regex filters and whitelist rules

   Given the widespread use of hostile bots on Twitch right now by bad actors, particularly those targeting LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, it would be great if we could have a RegEx pattern block/ban/follow restriction option. A number of the accounts being spun up for the purpose of harassing and stealing the identities of streamers have consistent name patterns, and being able to issue a regex block/ban on those patterns would be useful.

   This sort of feature would obviously be something that streamers would have to use at their own risk. Overly inclusive block/ban patterns could potentially limit legitimate viewers. But for those of us who are more tech savvy, this could be a massive time-saver.

   On the same broad thrust, the ability to add users to a whitelist so as not to unfairly impact existing supporters of a channel, and either a temporal or behavioural filter which automatically adds users to a channel's whitelist would be useful. This could be a more effective approach than the current "followers only" or "subs only" chat options. More fine-grained control on the white-listing process would be appreciated.

   For example:
   Whitelist on account age
   Whitelist on x minutes/hours/days follow age
   Whitelist on x minutes/hours/days without mod action in <max> other channels
   Whitelist on x minutes/hours/days without automod action in current channel
   Whitelist on x minutes/hours/days without automod action in other channels

   This could perhaps be branded as an "advanced mod tools" option which can be unlocked by the streamer at the account level so those comfortable with the existing system could use that, but those needing more nuanced tools could have such systems made available on request.

   Given the widespread use of hostile bots on Twitch right now by bad actors, particularly those targeting LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, it would be great if we could have a RegEx pattern block/ban/follow restriction option. A number of the accounts being spun up for the purpose of harassing and stealing the identities of streamers have consistent name patterns, and being able to issue a regex block/ban on those patterns would be useful.

   This sort of feature would obviously be something that streamers would have to use at their own risk. Overly inclusive block/ban patterns could potentially limit legitimate viewers. But… more

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8. Channel Admin - Ability to add/remove people from Moderator.

   So I will break this into 3 parts. What it is, How it will work, and why I think it's needed. (first and 3rd part may overlap.)

   My idea is to create a Channel Admin role for content creators at the affiliate and partner level. This role would have a golden sword (opposed to the green sword that regular moderators have) and would be able to remove/add people from moderator for the respective channel they are a channel admin for.

   How this will work: Starting first, how it will be set up (in my head.) All affiliates are allowed 1 channel admin. Partners are allowed 2 or 3 [Whichever you think is more appropriate, larger streamers may need more. (You could also do it so that you get an additional based on sub points if this is better.) That person would have essentially the same roles that an "editor" now has along with all Mod perks, only addition is that they can add moderators to the channel as well as remove them.

   Why this is needed: As a larger then average streamer, I, as is usual with people around my level, have a dedicated mod team with a manager that controls the mods, oversees them, etc.. I know a lot of other streamers that also do that and essentially give almost full oversight control of their mods to someone else as it's impossible to always keep up with chat, focus on what's going on, and pay attention to who is always there and deserves mod . It's a lot for one person as i'm sure anyone can agree. I know some streamers bigger then me that have multiple "managers" so to speak that oversee this stuff. These "unsung heros" (as twitch called them in their latest ad.) do a lot for the channel and I think acknowledging and awarding that is only appropriate. This would also help with the day to day back end management for larger/medium sized channels. I was actually surprised nothing like this had been suggested before and I hope other people will see my ideas as something worth backing.

   So I will break this into 3 parts. What it is, How it will work, and why I think it's needed. (first and 3rd part may overlap.)

   My idea is to create a Channel Admin role for content creators at the affiliate and partner level. This role would have a golden sword (opposed to the green sword that regular moderators have) and would be able to remove/add people from moderator for the respective channel they are a channel admin for.

   How this will work: Starting first, how it will be set up (in my head.) All affiliates are allowed 1… more

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9. banned users should also be banned from watching your stream completely

   Or give streamers and mods an option to just ban someone from chat, or ban them from watching the stream completely.

   This would be beneficial for multiple reasons, for example it would help battle stream sniping, instances of stalking, harrassment, etc.

   this has been voiced on twitter many times, time for it to be voiced here too

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10. Updates on Twitch Safety Support

    This is directly copied from the proposal update from Jambo, which states as follows:

    "Twitch Safety Support - Update Proposal by Jambo

    1. UPDATED REPORTING TOOL
       Twitch’s reporting tool is outdated, and needs to be revamped. The biggest suggestion for this is to have a lesser detailed reporting still available on profiles but provide a link to something similar to submitting a ticket, but will allow the user to submit images as well as links (currently images cannot be uploaded with a report) be marked ‘high priority.’

    2. HAVE A DIRECT CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR PARTNERS
       Along with an updated reporting tool, make it easier for Partners to contact the team for urgent matters. A ticket queue will not always work when situations require more attention, and allow actual responses to come through, not an automatic response to a ticket. Designate members of your team to reach out to, as well as reassure, those with high urgency situations.

    3. CONDUCT ON OTHER PLATFORMS MUST HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ON TWITCH
       If a Twitch user harasses others on another platform, there is clearly a direct correlation and this needs to be addressed. Twitch should absolutely have open communication with other platforms, such as Twitter and Discord, and be able to abolish communities and users who bully, harass and target attacks on others. Their activity represents the site regardless and that responsibility absolutely falls on Twitch to make note when it’s brought to their attention. There may not be anything Twitch is able to do with regard to the other platforms, but can absolutely take matters into their own hands for theirs.

    4. BUILD AN EMERGENCY/URGENT RESPONSE TEAM
       Twitch may be a streaming and gaming website but internet threats are all too real. Harassment and bullying are not medium level urgency. The mental health of the streaming community needs to be a higher priority. While there are definitely other large issues, many attacks online impact the very real lives of content creators every day. For a platform that cares heavily for inclusivity, safety and equality, there are not a lot of tools in place to ensure its safety.

    5. STOP ALLOWING THE CREATION OF RACIST AND HATEFUL USERNAMES
       We are able to ban these words in our chats, it should be just as easy to create a filter that prevents names of this nature. Plain and simple. Allowing these words to be used, and their creation allowed, is setting us back. While there will always be an exception, the exception and rare circumstance is better than allowing these to be made with no precaution taken.

    6. WORK WITH DISCORD TO BUILD A FILTER/INTEGRATION
       DISALLOWING BANNED ACCOUNTS JOIN A STREAMER’S DISCORD SERVER
       If a streamer or viewer has their Twitch linked to their account, any user who joins from a link originated by said streamer for their chat only (a creator link, if you will) that’s built into chat through a linked bot that does not allow users who have been banned in chat to join a Discord server.

    7. DO NOT ALLOW BANNED USERS TO VIEW CONTENT
       While having banned users unable to see chat is a great step in the right direction, it’s not enough. As streamers, your personality is on video, not in chat. It’s great to keep your community safe, and unseen, but the streamer is more than likely the target in attacks like these. While, yes, incognito tabs exist and there is nothing that can be done with that (outside of IP bans, which should also be considered), it needs to be noted that keeping your creators safe should be a top priority.

    8. NAME CARDS SHOW IF USER IS BANNED IN OTHER CHANNELS YOU MOD FOR
       When you click on a users name, mods in that channel should be able to see if this user has been banned in other channels that they mod for, and be made aware of potential incoming issues.

    9. ADD A MODERATOR CHAT BUILT WITHIN MOD ‘VIEW’
       Build a chat box/space for moderators to discuss without leaving stream to talk in a separate app’s chat (i.e. Discord) and lose sight of chat in the process."

    This is directly copied from the proposal update from Jambo, which states as follows:

    "Twitch Safety Support - Update Proposal by Jambo

    1. UPDATED REPORTING TOOL
       Twitch’s reporting tool is outdated, and needs to be revamped. The biggest suggestion for this is to have a lesser detailed reporting still available on profiles but provide a link to something similar to submitting a ticket, but will allow the user to submit images as well as links (currently images cannot be uploaded with a report) be marked ‘high priority.’

    2. HAVE A DIRECT CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR PARTNERS
       Along with an updated reporting tool,… more

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11. Moderation 2FA Requirement

    I believe a feature in one's settings that makes it so moderators of the channel can't moderate without having Two Factor Authentification activated would be super useful, with this new optional settings it could dramatically decrease the amount of compromised moderator accounts while also raising more awareness for 2FA

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12. Undelete/restore

    As you might have expereinced, when chat is moving fast but someone needs a message deleted or timedout/banned mods can sometimes missclick due to the fast moving chat, now while we do have the pause chat option this can still happen due to a flinch or a nudge from a pet or someone else, what I am suggesting is an undelete/restore function within the chat for mods.

    If someone was banned by accident or timedout all their messages are purged, but how about when you undo the mistken action you have the option to restore that persons messages within the chat. The undelete would be for single line deletions that were done by accident, this would help get rid of that horrible feeling mods get when they do something by accident since they can fix it easily.

    As you might have expereinced, when chat is moving fast but someone needs a message deleted or timedout/banned mods can sometimes missclick due to the fast moving chat, now while we do have the pause chat option this can still happen due to a flinch or a nudge from a pet or someone else, what I am suggesting is an undelete/restore function within the chat for mods.

    If someone was banned by accident or timedout all their messages are purged, but how about when you undo the mistken action you have the option to restore that persons messages within the… more

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13. Give channels the ability to ban all recently created accounts from chatting in their channel

    This is similar to the idea of banning abusive troll users at a certain IP address, https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310201-chat-messaging/suggestions/7956255-ip-ban-from-channel.

    In that request, a Twitch dev gave the following reasons for why such a ban would be hard to implement:

    1. IPs change. A lot. A broadcaster might lose a significant portion of their audience, and viewers might get confused if there are a lot of banned IPs (such as universities).

    2. System load. Looking up a enormous list of IPs to see who is allowed to watch on every single video play is an enormous system load I’m not sure we’re willing to take on.

    3. Support costs. “Why can’t I watch X/Y/Z, I don’t know who they are” would come up. Our support isn’t free, and we’d like to be able to focus on issues like passwords, bugs, etc.

    I propose something slightly different to get around the problem of IP addresses being an unreliable way to ban toxic, abusive troll users. Rather than ban an IP address from chatting, give individual channels the ability to block *all** "recently" created accounts from chatting in their channel*.

    So, for example, give individual channel owners the option of blocking all new accounts created in the last 24 hours from chatting in their channel. After 24 hours, the new accounts are then allowed to chat.

    Such a feature would make it harder for persistent trolls to evade chat bans by creating new accounts. It also doesn't depend on a user's IP address, it is address independent.

    I mean, some broadcasters, like TotalBiscuit, don't even allow anyone who's not subscribed to chat in their channel, by making chat subscriber only. A temporary chat ban of recently created accounts is like that.

    This would make it so that a recently chat-banned troll can't just make a new account and immediately return to trolling a particular channel.

    This is similar to the idea of banning abusive troll users at a certain IP address, https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310201-chat-messaging/suggestions/7956255-ip-ban-from-channel.

    In that request, a Twitch dev gave the following reasons for why such a ban would be hard to implement:

    1. IPs change. A lot. A broadcaster might lose a significant portion of their audience, and viewers might get confused if there are a lot of banned IPs (such as universities).

    2. System load. Looking up a enormous list of IPs to see who is allowed to watch on every single video play is an enormous system load I’m not sure we’re willing to… more

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14. Implement full chat lockdown/moderated mode

    In the sense of IRC's +m channel mode, only moderators and higher would be allowed to speak.

    Useful for:

    Announcements
    Aiding in spam cleanup
    Crowd Control

    This, I think, would be essential to mods of event streams, and other high traffic channels.

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15. Add new filters for creating usernames to deter the creation of accounts used for trolling/harassment purposes

    In light of recent events in which two individuals have been harassing and cyberstalking a number of Twitch streamers, myself included, it would be helpful to filter out alternative forms of profanity along with formats of phone numbers.

    Specifically, I suggest the following be filtered/prohibited in username creation:

    • bltch (with an "L" instead of an "i")
    • wh0re (with a "0" instead of an "o")
    • ########## (the typical format of including phone numbers in a username)

    All three of these techniques have been used by internet trolls when creating multiple accounts to harass streamers and post their personal information. Please consider filtering out these techniques to deter further accounts being made in this manner.

    In light of recent events in which two individuals have been harassing and cyberstalking a number of Twitch streamers, myself included, it would be helpful to filter out alternative forms of profanity along with formats of phone numbers.

    Specifically, I suggest the following be filtered/prohibited in username creation:

    • bltch (with an "L" instead of an "i")
    • wh0re (with a "0" instead of an "o")
    • ########## (the typical format of including phone numbers in a username)

    All three of these techniques have been used by internet trolls when creating multiple accounts to harass streamers and post their personal information.… more

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16. Let users see a list of channels they're banned from chatting in.

    I guess it would make sense to put this somewhere in the User's settings, but it would be convenient for a user to see a list of all channels that they're banned from chatting in. Channels can currently see all the users who are banned from chatting in their channel, but what about a list of channels that have banned the user from chatting in their chats. This would also make it easier to figure out which channels to speak to and try to get unbanned from.

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17. Cant watch stream while being banned

    A lot of streamers deal with streamsnipers. Especially people that play shooters. It will be a lot easier to get rid of the streamsnipers if they cant watch your stream anymore once they get banned from your channel. Nowadays you can still watch the stream when you are banned, you just cant type in the chat anymore. This has to change!

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18. Apply the longest duration timeout rather than overriding the previous.

    It is a common occurrence for moderators to judge transgressions differently from each other, or from the broadcaster, and apply different timeout lengths. I feel moderators could benefit from having the timeout duration for the specified user not overridden by subsequent timeouts, but rather have a notice given to the mods specifying the remaining timeout for that person.

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19. Hard block for users with too many "active" bans.

    I would love to see Twitch implement a feature that allows Streamers to set up a hard block for users with XX (configurable by streamer) amount of currently active bans.

    This feature alone would greatly reduce the serial trollers that do nothing but jump from stream to stream trolling and getting banned.

    It would also be great to have a feature that allows Mods and Streamers alike to see how many active bans a viewer has.

    Thank you for your consideration.

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20. Content/trigger warning system like the tag system

    I'd really love to have a content warning system similar to the tag system. It would auto-populate based on the current game or let streamers add warnings for Just Chatting or Talkshow streams. I'd prefer the system to be more opt-in than a popup every time you enter a stream. It would have a button near the category and tags part of the UI that reveals relevant warnings. It would be super nice if it could be user configurable to display a pop up only if a user navigates to a stream that contains a warning they've chosen to be alerted about.

    I'd really love to have a content warning system similar to the tag system. It would auto-populate based on the current game or let streamers add warnings for Just Chatting or Talkshow streams. I'd prefer the system to be more opt-in than a popup every time you enter a stream. It would have a button near the category and tags part of the UI that reveals relevant warnings. It would be super nice if it could be user configurable to display a pop up only if a user navigates to a stream that contains a warning they've chosen to be… more

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