When a user is banned from a channel, in addition to being unable to engage with chat, they are shown nothing but Twitch ads in that channel.

This would prevent abuse via sharing or clipping moments to use as harassment on other platforms, dissuade them from staying in the channel at all, and deliver additional revenue to the streamer and Twitch.

Similar to blocking users on other platforms, they would see nothing at all. Leveraging "ads are a necessary evil" for good means that at least a streamer might be compensated via ad revenue for having to manage and deal with abuse.

Only allow accounts with 2fa enabled to watch your stream

There are a host of problems on Twitch and I feel as though this idea could be a solution to some of the bigger ones.

I suggest giving streamers the option to only allow accounts with 2fa to access their channel. Make it an option for the individual streamer and make it toggleable.

In order for this to work, Twitch must do more than just “not allow the user to use chat.” Twitch needs to stop them from accessing the streamer’s channel all together. The same needs to be done for users who are banned/blocked but that is a whole other discussion.

There should also be a way to have this feature enabled, but with a customizable exemption list so that streamers can still allow their nightbots, moobots, etc access.

As someone who has faced harassment from a person viewbotting me for 10 months now, this is one of the only solutions I can think of to combat this. By only allowing accounts connected to a phone number to access my page, I would no longer be harassed this way.

It would also eliminate the problem of people constantly harassing with alternate accounts.

It would also be a good option for when someone is playing a new game and wants to stop people from using alt accounts to spoil.

These are just a few benefits I could see coming out of this!

Please Twitch, it is time to do more to protect your creators. As someone whose issues have been constantly pushed aside, I ask that you consider this solution not just for me, but for every streamer that’s faced harassment as I have.

Every game that is released is released with an ESRB rating determining its appropriateness for various audiences. Twitch already collects these ratings when they add new games to the platform.

Now streamers have the option to turn a "Mature" warning for their content, but rarely is a streamers content always Mature, or always all-ages-friendly.

Given that Twitch has this information, it would be a great help to many if depending on which category you are streaming to, it automatically enables or disables the Mature filter based on the ESRB rating of the game.

For non-gaming categories, some could easily be defined as Mature or Friendly (eg, Hot tubs - Mature, Art - Friendly), and for ones where it has a broad manner of interpretation, it defaults to the streamers set state.

This feature very important for every streamer earning from Twitch.

Logon 2FA Requirement do not enough for who got hacked by silent.
And too many streamer don't check email.

In case my friend (twitch affiliate) got hacked.
It changed payout information without email notification(don't know reason).
And got her earn to hacker paypal account.
Region support can't help or slow progress, suggest to contact HQ Twitch.
Too many step progress to resolve this case and unsure it resolve.
Streamer have concern can got hack again if change new password and change payout back.
Investigated don't know why got hacked, That pc don't install any suspicious software or chrome extension.

I think this feature too important. "Password authentication or 2FA when who need to change his Payout Information".

Second Suggest, Twitch should sent email notification before payout someone about 5-7 days.
because streamer can break or call support if payout information is incorrect before money gone.

I would like to propose that Twitch implements much stricter rules surrounding username creation and the terms which are allowed to be used in usernames. Users are still allowed to create usernames which are hateful, sexually explicit and degrading, despite this behaviour being against the Twitch Community Guidelines.

I appreciate that moderators and streamers are able to ban and report these accounts, but stopping this behaviour should NOT be the sole responsibility of content creators and their team. Furthermore, this method merely addresses the problem AFTER it has already happened. We need Twitch to implement a system which can identify harmful usernames and prevent them from being created in the first place.

I am proposing this out of both a need to protect streamers and their communities. I was targeted by numerous accounts, with usernames including the statements 'all lives matter' and 'no consent', as well as phrases relating to graphic ****** acts and anatomy. Although my mods were able to ban and report these individuals, the usernames were still visible to my community and myself, and affected me deeply. Twitch needs to do more to protect content creators, and the simplest way to do this is by addressing the problem BEFORE it happens - by preventing the creation of these harmful usernames.

I would like to remind people of the Twitch Community Guidelines, specifically relating to Hateful Conduct and Harassment, and a couple of these guidelines which were clearly violated from my own experience:

Content that is prohibited under our Hateful Conduct policy—regardless of whether it is intended to be hateful—includes, but is not limited to the following:
- Content that encourages or supports the political or economic dominance of any race, ethnicity, or religious group, including support for white supremacist/nationalist ideologies

The following categories of behaviors are considered to be sexually harassing, and are prohibited on Twitch:
- Making unsolicited objectifying statements relating to the body parts or practices of another person
- Making unsolicited statements in reference to performing graphic acts on another person
(And perhaps most relevant:)
- Creating accounts dedicated to harassment or hate, such as through abusive usernames

I understand that this may be very difficult to implement, however it would greatly improve the experience for both content creators and their communities, and foster a much safer environment. I believe that actively ensuring hateful behaviour has no place on Twitch is worth the challenges that might arise.

The current Twitch account creation system offers little to no assurance of protection for creators. Enforcement actions, when taken, are reactive, rather than proactive, and require submitting reports, writing descriptions, and disrupting the stream, which is exactly what these people want. Even enabling email verification for users to chat does not prevent someone from creating multiple successive, free "burner" email accounts for the express purpose of harassing one or more users. Someone can simply create a free email account online, create a free Twitch account, use the new email to verify the account, and circumvent that particular feature. To prevent this, there are a number of possible solutions.

1) Implement a one-time account creation fee. It doesn't have to be a huge fee, and could of course come with maybe a few bits or a free sub or something. Not much, but enough that it would deter all but the most determined from creating say, 12 accounts in a 30 minute period. How many people would be willing to spend money just to harass someone for a few minutes before being blocked and banned? Probably a lot less than are happy to do it for free. Obviously, an account creation fee wouldn't apply to Amazon Prime users, but I feel there should be some sort of consequence for any Prime user whose account is connected to ToS violations (i.e., forfeiture of Prime benefits, Prime fee, and being barred from subscribing in the future).

2) Require credit card verification. Look, I promise, I don't work for the man, but studies have shown anonymity to be a major factor in online harassment. A credit card (or debit card with a credit card carrier like most have), would be tied directly to the individual, providing traceability, and therefore accountability.

3) As many other posts have suggested, implement IP or MAC tracking. Look, you aren't fooling anyone, when a secure connection is established, the IP address is requested and sent as part of the handshake. The information is already there, and consequently (because servers), logged. Use it.

The reality here is that harassment will be a problem as long as there are avenues for individuals to exploit. Banning or suspending a user after the fact does nothing to discourage the single-minded, therefore precautionary measures must be explored and implemented to protect creators who choose Twitch to safely interact with their communities. It's worth noting that cyber harassment is actually a crime in some jurisdictions, so maybe putting a little more effort into preventing it - instead of worrying so much about what to do after it happens - might be a good investment for everyone.

While I can understand the rationale behind channel chat and whispers being treated separately, the fact is that users who are banned for inappropriate behavior often follow up by harassing the streamer directly through whispers. Here is a potential workflow I can think of:

Whenever a mod bans a user from a streamer’s channel, it triggers some kind of message/notification to the streamer that a user has been banned and asks if the streamer would also like to block/ignore. Additionally, there can be an option for the streamer to auto-block in these instances where mods are trusted and there may be too many bans to manage.

I was watching project nightfall’s video on IG about women who get harassed while doing a livestream. It reminded me of how a number of times I watch such incidences and most of the time the streamers are left speechless and unsure of how to act. From the various incidents recorded, I noticed a couple of patterns which occurred and thought to take advantage of them:
a) The culprits faces were visible for at least 10 seconds.
b) There were people around using their devices. What are the odds they are subscribed to twitch or another social media platform?

Inspired by Uber’s SOS button, here are a few features that can be utilised to make the main function available:
a) Keyword - A trigger word during a livestream that captures a screenshot and/or notifies the nearest emergency contact or streamer. Having a custom keyword may accidentally trip it off. An ideal phrase would be something that could be raised in distress of a douchebag.
b) Tracer - Channel owners can set their location to be live when they stream and users can enable security notification alerts in one of two ways: a) when their subscriber activates their alert or b) incase any alert is activated based on their last active location. Privacy on location may be an issue, but safety for a fellow Twitcher can be prioritised.
c) Screen recording and wall of shame - What are the chances that the people harassing others have done the same to three, four or tens of other streamers? When people are streaming outside, they can activate a 10 second recording feature whereby upon using a keyword or tapping a button, those 10 seconds are recorded and uploaded to the wall. This function can be linked to the Tracer function whereby upon upload, a moderator or partner (anywhere in the world) gets notified and reviews it before approving it to be shared to the clip to the tracer network. Once active, Twitchers can be on the lookout for the streamer in distress.

Just thought I’d share my safety thoughts this IWD month after getting disgusted enough with a recurring pattern and my backstory of hoping everyone would be safe regardless of age, *** or race.

Give streamers an IP ban button. To avoid bots abusing it, Twitch looks at a combination of x follows, x hours streamed, x average concurrent viewers, and x subs and makes a determination if the streamer gets access to this button. Aka, if someone has streamed for thousands of hours, and has 5k followers and 100k total views but 5 average concurrent viewers, they get it. But if someone has 75 average concurrent viewers + many subs, but only 5k total views, they also get it.

Twitch compares the IP to a database to check if it is a VPN, dynamic, or static IP. Depending on which it is, the IP ban can last between 3 months to 12 months. The IP ban request will only be accepted if the account in question has received x number of IP ban requests (could set it at 10). The IP ban will automatically be accepted if more than x accounts have been made on that IP address (the number would vary depending on if it is a dynamic IP or static IP).

Even if Twitch does not grant the sitewide IP ban, as soon as you press this button the following occurs:
That IP address is no longer able to view or join your channel. That means you can't see chat messages, can't see the viewer list, and can't see the stream from that IP. As soon as you type in that channel name, you get a 404 error and literally can't even see the panels.

As another feature request said, you could bypass all this IP ban mess if you implemented a hardware ID ban system. This would heavily cut down the ability for people to dox and hide behind VPNs.

To anyone reading this, please feel free to make suggestions or corrections to my idea in the comments. The aim is for better troll management for us streamers, since Twitch seems to only take reports seriously from bigger channels, Twitch staff in the back pockets of streamers, or those with a good enough dox/harassment story.