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1. Automated 'Mature-rated game' content classification labels should be possible to remove for fully family-friendly streams.

   With the new Content Classification system that has come into use today, replacing the mature content setting, there is one issue that I believe should be looked at.

   Fully family friendly streams who are playing limited aspects of a game (such as an MMO) should be able to toggle off the automated label, as the interstitial shown to viewers will discourage viewers who would otherwise be watching said family friendly content.

   For example, I stream the Elder Scrolls Online, which carries an ESRB rating purely for content in quests and dungeons. However, all I stream is housing tours, looking at creative housing builds and discussing how they are made. Under the new system, this is automatically given the 'mature-rated' tag, despite being entirely family friendly, and will likely have a direct impact on viewership.

   As there is a warning system in place for creators who misuse or incorrectly label their streams, could an option to remove automated labels be added, with a pop-up that reminds creators that 'If you fail to accurately label your stream, you will receive a warning via email'?

   With the new Content Classification system that has come into use today, replacing the mature content setting, there is one issue that I believe should be looked at.

   Fully family friendly streams who are playing limited aspects of a game (such as an MMO) should be able to toggle off the automated label, as the interstitial shown to viewers will discourage viewers who would otherwise be watching said family friendly content.

   For example, I stream the Elder Scrolls Online, which carries an ESRB rating purely for content in quests and dungeons. However, all I stream is housing tours, looking at… more

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2. Disable Follow on a Channel when being Follow-botted

   Hello,

   Being follow-botted in a stream is not something that is pleasant when the streamer wants authentic following.

   When this happens, there is no way to stop it. Streamers wishing to remove these fake followers must manually remove them.

   This burden can be lightened if there would be a way in the Twitch channel / live settings to block the Follow feature for some time and unblock it later.

   This feature request will help streamers block these follow-bot attacks and help them retake control of their stream.

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3. Streaming Licenses - Radio Stations

   if a user has a streaming license for music, can the account be geo-restricted for the covered territories, or noted that a license is held on providing proof of license?

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4. Please fix the automated VOD muting

   The automated muting of VODs is unevenly applied and mutes too much.

   During a recent co-op stream, me and the other streamer both listened to a song that was posted in one of our chats. My VOD was muted for copyrighted music (which is fair, I'm not disputing that). However, there are two problems with this:

   1. My VOD was muted, but the other streamer was not, even though we listened to the >exact< same song.

   2. Way too much of my VOD was muted. The muted section of the VOD goes on for far longer than it actually played on the stream (and longer than the actual song itself is, too).

   If the muted sections were only when the identified content >actually played<, I'd have no problem with that. I could just cut up the highlights in parts, leaving out the muted section. Before I would do pretty much the same, but uploading my local recording instead to fix the VOD.

   Now my only recourse is to edit out the section from my local recording and re-stream the entire thing.

   The automated muting of VODs is unevenly applied and mutes too much.

   During a recent co-op stream, me and the other streamer both listened to a song that was posted in one of our chats. My VOD was muted for copyrighted music (which is fair, I'm not disputing that). However, there are two problems with this:

   1. My VOD was muted, but the other streamer was not, even though we listened to the >exact< same song.

   2. Way too much of my VOD was muted. The muted section of the VOD goes on for far longer than it actually played on the… more

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5. Keep obviously deliberately sexually provocative streams out of Just Chatting

   Greetings,

   Please keep streams that are obviously deliberately sexually provocative out of just chatting.

   Like a stream I just saw with someone laying on their bed with their butt as the focus in skin tight legging and legs spread widely. They are not even facing the camera. And writing names on their butt for tips. It is ridiculous.

   I am sick of seeing these in Just Chatting. Either force them into a category or don't allow it.

   Thanks

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6. Review the Creative TOS, Twitch

   In your own TOS you allow:
   Building construction sets (Lego, Erector sets, Mega Bloks, K'nex, Duplo, etc) or model kits (Warhammer, Gundam, and etc)

   You do not, however, allow:
   Toy assembly

   How do you know that the Gundams etc. Will not be used as toys once they are done? How can you be sure they will not be gifted to a family member and that they will use them as toys.

   Toy assembly should be allowed.

   You do not allow: Unboxing
   But yet many people do unboxing streams (primarly "big streamers")

   You do not allow: Playing puzzles
   But you allow Writing on the same directory.

   You allow: Construction, home building and renovation
   You do not allow: Assembling furniture or Decorating your house. Do these 2, fall under IRL then? If not, consider allowing those as they should fall under the same category as home building or renovation.

   You allow: Licensed Tattooing in a safe, professional environment
   You do not allow: Piercings. Why is that, if done in a safe, professional environment, it should be allowed. They usually do this at the tattoo parlor.

   You need to review your TOS regarding Creative. You also need to review your IRL TOS. And review your site as a whole. Because the above written "Rules" do not make sense.

   In your own TOS you allow:
   Building construction sets (Lego, Erector sets, Mega Bloks, K'nex, Duplo, etc) or model kits (Warhammer, Gundam, and etc)

   You do not, however, allow:
   Toy assembly

   How do you know that the Gundams etc. Will not be used as toys once they are done? How can you be sure they will not be gifted to a family member and that they will use them as toys.

   Toy assembly should be allowed.

   You do not allow: Unboxing
   But yet many people do unboxing streams (primarly "big streamers")

   You do not allow: Playing puzzles
   But you allow… more

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7. Allow for better communication with real humans to appeal false bans/suspensions

   I have now two people I personally know that have gotten banned by bot accounts or just dummy accounts for reasons that are obviously untrue, and I have definite proof for one as I was present for their entire stream, and I know exactly what happened their entire stream.

   These people are both dating each other and I'm very certain they were deliberately targeted as one got suspended two weeks ago, and the other today. They've also dealt with bigoted people saying hateful words (who are probably the ones reporting them). The one I was present in their stream I was told her reason was for hacking someone on stream, which she did absolutely no such thing. She was streaming Fallout: New Vegas which has a hacking minigame, but it doesn't do anything of that sort. The other one was for "violent threats" which all they did was say something that was clearly a joke.

   I was informed by the latter person that they did contact support, but it resulted in nothing. I cannot even contact support on their behalf as they only deal directly with the people who got suspended, but if one is claiming nothing came out of contacting them; why even have a live chat?

   You've seriously got to do more to start allowing users a way to directly contact people over suspensions as this troll reporting is nothing new, and I can see others mentioning the same exact thing, with zero response from anyone here. This type of thing ruins lives. It's hurting small streamers who are marginalized and trying to make something here. These trolls know your appeal system is really bad and/or that most people will give up after the automated appeal in the first place, and they're forced to move to platforms that are far more hostile to them.

   I have now two people I personally know that have gotten banned by bot accounts or just dummy accounts for reasons that are obviously untrue, and I have definite proof for one as I was present for their entire stream, and I know exactly what happened their entire stream.

   These people are both dating each other and I'm very certain they were deliberately targeted as one got suspended two weeks ago, and the other today. They've also dealt with bigoted people saying hateful words (who are probably the ones reporting them). The one I was present in their stream I… more

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8. Fairness

   First of all, y’all ban hard working streamers for accidentally opening a page on there stream that they have no control of what is gonna pop up. While y’all have this female streamer being almost fully nude on stream while there is little kids watching, and they get away with almost anything. But as soon as some hard working male streamers accidentally open a link against tos y’all ban them and don’t even send them a email of there suspension? Please make this make sense cause I’m speechless. I have no word to describe how disappointed I am with twitch.

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9. I hereby suggest easing account suspension measures related to bullying and harassment.

   Concerning the issue of malicious individuals using multiple accounts to target specific users in order to abuse the measures mentioned above and force their suspension, I think chat-related issues can usually managed within channel moderation grounds without any active involvement of Twitch, except for the cases in which severe violations occure.

   The current system imposes a 14-day suspension for repeated harassment towards others, which I consider excessive, for it can lead to mumerous mistaken suspensions. Additionally, avenues for appealing these suspensions are limited, raising concerns that users may leave Twitch if this issue persists.

   Many acquaintances have experienced mistaken suspensions, while those who maliciously and falsely reported them faced no penalties. While recognizing the necessity to address trolling behaviour, I hereby suggest leniency in penalties is a more practical approach than the strict enforcement of the aforementioned suspension measures and appeal process.

   Thank you.

   Concerning the issue of malicious individuals using multiple accounts to target specific users in order to abuse the measures mentioned above and force their suspension, I think chat-related issues can usually managed within channel moderation grounds without any active involvement of Twitch, except for the cases in which severe violations occure.

   The current system imposes a 14-day suspension for repeated harassment towards others, which I consider excessive, for it can lead to mumerous mistaken suspensions. Additionally, avenues for appealing these suspensions are limited, raising concerns that users may leave Twitch if this issue persists.

   Many acquaintances have experienced mistaken suspensions,… more

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10. Bot Protection

    Seen two twitch streamers getting hit with what can only be described as a bot flood follow iam talking 1000+ Followers, Created by some sort of bot, is there an option to protect streamers from this kinda flood bot

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11. My ideas for DMCA

    Here's a bunch of ideas of mine that should work if taken into consideration.

    As for when I was back on YouTube Gaming , YouTube would block the stream temporarily while copyrighted music is playing that didn't allow revenue ( adrev ) to be given to the holder - no strike is given unless it is video related like a movie/tv show.

    Example of money going to copyright holder on YouTube ( doesn't get blocked from a vod ) - https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474829729128513536/776142264358535188/unknown.png

    Blocked music ( this would be completely blocked from the stream ) -
    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474829729128513536/776142610455855146/unknown.png

    When it might get blocked if you continue the song :
    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474829729128513536/776143537594564638/Maybe_Blocked.png

    When your stream does get blocked :
    normally just shows like a little symbol saying. Hey this stream has been temporarily blocked due to copyright concerns, then after about 30 seconds the stream comes back after it finds out if the song holder can get ad revenue.

    As for Facebook Gaming as of recently allowing multiple big companies licensing there is a little warning on the dashboard when you can't play curtain song but no strike is given. They teamed up with multiple big companies like Sony Warner and some bigger companies

    More details on that : https://www.facebook.com/fbgaminghome/blog/making-music-and-streaming-easier

    ( not gonna lie if Facebook can do it Twitch can do it better )

    I also personally feel a secondary Audio channel would help streamers as well , as long as it doesn't go into the actual VOD of the livestream sorta like how twitch soundtrack works. ( would be great especially on games that require the songs to play sorta like beat saber , just dance ext. - since that game has a lot of copyright ) - Two volume controllers since you never know how loud things will be.

    Spotify Integration? Make it so your audience can connect their Twitch up to Spotify sorta like how Discord has theirs. ( maybe even build it into the app )

    Any vods/clips before October 23rd 2020 ( since this is when normal DMCA takedowns started to happen ) this should be allowed to be removed without strikes since you guys said you would without any issues.

    One of my friends recently got a strike from a clip from 3 years ago even though this tweet happened saying - First, we will begin the work to extend our use of Audible Magic to identify existing clips that may contain copyrighted music and delete them for you without penalty. Over the coming months, this will cover newly created clips as well.

    OG Tweet : https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1270875683787624449?s=20

    Here's a bunch of ideas of mine that should work if taken into consideration.

    As for when I was back on YouTube Gaming , YouTube would block the stream temporarily while copyrighted music is playing that didn't allow revenue ( adrev ) to be given to the holder - no strike is given unless it is video related like a movie/tv show.

    Example of money going to copyright holder on YouTube ( doesn't get blocked from a vod ) - https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474829729128513536/776142264358535188/unknown.png

    Blocked music ( this would be completely blocked from the stream ) -
    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474829729128513536/776142610455855146/unknown.png

    When it might get blocked… more

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12. No limiting report tools ( Partners/Affiliates/Known Users )

    Currently right now if you report a bunch of ban evading accounts , bot accounts you are limited to 50 accounts ( per 30 minutes/per day - it really depends ).

    My idea is to allow no limit on reports for partners affiliates and known accounts ( 90 days ). I feel with this sorta arrangement people will be more wanting to use it vs avoiding it.

    It would also be nice to be able to get back a message saying what account in question was removed/suspended/actioned on so we better clearly know what account. ( I do know that sharing information about how long the ban isn't a thing ).

    Another thing with reporting bots I would like to be able to upload a txt file with usernames or userid's. example of how that txt file should be formatted is 1 username per line ( 10MB max of txt - that's about 300k accounts ).

    Currently right now if you report a bunch of ban evading accounts , bot accounts you are limited to 50 accounts ( per 30 minutes/per day - it really depends ).

    My idea is to allow no limit on reports for partners affiliates and known accounts ( 90 days ). I feel with this sorta arrangement people will be more wanting to use it vs avoiding it.

    It would also be nice to be able to get back a message saying what account in question was removed/suspended/actioned on so we better clearly know what account. ( I do know that… more

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13. 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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14. Stricter rules against sexually suggestive streamers

    Over the past year or so I've come across multiple streamers creating/streaming sexually suggestive content with the clear intention to arouse viewers and provoke a s*xual response from them for financial gain.

    This is the kind of content you'd expect to see on a p*rn or live cams site for adults, and is totally unacceptable. I've reported a lot of streamers, affiliates and partners for this kind of content and not one of them have been banned or suffered any consequences.

    This gives me reasonable cause to say that Twitch staff who review these types of reports again streamers for this kind of inappropriate content need to be much more strict and less lenient.

    Please introduce stricter rules to prevent this kind of inappropriate content or retrain and review Twitch staff who review reports against these streamers. It would also be interesting to see the diversity among Twitch staff who review reports.

    Over the past year or so I've come across multiple streamers creating/streaming sexually suggestive content with the clear intention to arouse viewers and provoke a s*xual response from them for financial gain.

    This is the kind of content you'd expect to see on a p*rn or live cams site for adults, and is totally unacceptable. I've reported a lot of streamers, affiliates and partners for this kind of content and not one of them have been banned or suffered any consequences.

    This gives me reasonable cause to say that Twitch staff who review these types of reports again streamers for… more

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15. Emails about report should be more informative!

    In case I send a report not all, just like half of them were checked (I get sometimes no Emails regarding my report). And in this Email you send me about my report would be nice, if you add the reported account name + my report data (why I did reported, and my report text).

    Also in case you are done with my report, send back me please a detailed Email from EVERY report! What account were checked, what was my report, what is your decision, and why you decided like this! If you want a detailed information why I report somebody, I can just expect the same thing!

    I want to unterstand and have a clear overview what you do with my reports!

    "Twitch has zero tolerance for hateful conduct". "We will take action on all instances of hateful conduct and harassment"

    Last time I reported 26 accounts. I get 12 Emails regarding this. 6 accounts were deleted. Why did you not checked 12 of my reports? Why only 6 accounts were deleted, and not like 20? Not clear why only random 6? And there were like 5 similar accounts created only to bully me (I reported all many times). Only 3 of them were deleted...what is with the other 2? Are they ok in your opinion? Or what is happening at your side?

    Or even you could create a kind of my reports page, where I could check my reports and see, what happened and what not. To urge the decision about the report, because videos or clips were be deleted after time, etc. Would be maybe better than those Emails, as now on...they are like Spam. They are for nothing!

    Cheers and thank you!

    In case I send a report not all, just like half of them were checked (I get sometimes no Emails regarding my report). And in this Email you send me about my report would be nice, if you add the reported account name + my report data (why I did reported, and my report text).

    Also in case you are done with my report, send back me please a detailed Email from EVERY report! What account were checked, what was my report, what is your decision, and why you decided like this! If you want a detailed information why I… more

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16. Make a real commitment to protect streamers acting in good faith

    Will you, right now in public, make a commitment to protect streamers who are acting in good faith who get hit with DMCA notices?

    Look at Github and what they committed to within a very short time after youtube-dl was taken down earlier this year. They are protecting their creators rather than treating them like criminals. Can Twitch do the same?

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17. Better protections for streamers being labeled as bots

    I came across a scenario this week where a popular streamer (KevoKoala) was banned mid-stream for being labeled a bot account. The email he received sounds like he got mixed in with a bunch of accounts flagged as bots and mass banned.

    I feel like there should be protections in place for streamers where the flag is removed or at least sent to a human for review if they have over a certain number of subscriptions, average viewer count or followers. Something. There are plenty of qualifiers that can separate an active streamer's account from a malicious bot account. The fact that there are no protections for streamers in place is quite scary. This automated decision will impact his income as all of his subscriptions were automatically canceled and he has lost a major avenue of communication with his community. IF he can get this ban reversed, it could take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months to be corrected and I doubt Twitch will compensate for the lost income during that time. As a streamer, I can't imagine taking that hit when things are already so tight. I feel like this could happen to any of us at any time and there is no protection in place against it or streamlined process in place for correcting the issue. I would hope that Twitch would prioritize getting these creators back online as fast as possible to reduce the amount of lost income for both parties involved.

    Requests:

    -Better bot detection or set of qualifiers that send bot bans to a human to review before possibly effecting creator's income.

    -Better appeal system for streamers who are falsely banned

    I came across a scenario this week where a popular streamer (KevoKoala) was banned mid-stream for being labeled a bot account. The email he received sounds like he got mixed in with a bunch of accounts flagged as bots and mass banned.

    I feel like there should be protections in place for streamers where the flag is removed or at least sent to a human for review if they have over a certain number of subscriptions, average viewer count or followers. Something. There are plenty of qualifiers that can separate an active streamer's account from a malicious bot account. The… more

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18. Priorities regarding Clips Management + DMCA notifs

    I am extremely confused why "Sort & Delete Clips by date, game, or view count" is being pushed back to Q3/Q4 of 2021. That is an entire year from now and is unacceptable given the recent situation regarding clips being targeted for DMCA because of the system's failures to protect creators.

    Twitch has prioritized VOD management over clips. Let me tell you something, as someone who has used the website for years and is a full time streamer that manages many other stream channels big and small: VOD management is NOT what people need more tools for at this time. Allow me to explain why.
    VODs are already extremely easy to manage. They are deleted after 60 days regardless of action, and as such are never overwhelming to sort through because there will always be a finite number of VODs usually beneath or around the number of 60 if you were to stream every single day. You can delete them with ease as of right now.

    Clips on the other hand quickly accumulate on an exponential scale as your stream grows in size. A small streamer may have hundreds of clips. A medium sized streamer may have tens of thousands of clips. A large streamer can have HUNDREDS of thousands of clips. We currently have NO tools to manage or sort through clips at this time. The search function for clips literally is broken in the dashboard and doesn't work correctly. You cannot even sort by date if you have over a certain threshold because the site itself fails to organize them all.
    I have tried to search so many times for my "Bloodborne" clips with the manager, which was years back, and it just completely drops the search. I have to use third party tools to locate old clips because Twitch's system just plain doesn't work or allow for it. That is horrible. I cannot even go and look at clips I may want to pull up for entertainment's sake, or for the sake of wanting to delete something specific.
    I also cannot stress how bad it is for the end user outside of the Dashboard, where it's actually impossible to find any specific clip because they can only sort by recently made clips. As I said, they have to use third party websites. That is unacceptable.

    Literally no aspect of the clip system has any form of filtration, and this is a huge problem clearly. In fact, out of everything that happened this year, the clips system vulnerability has to be by far the biggest issue regarding DMCA. Not VODs. Clips. VODs are absolutely not what should be coming first.

    You have given editors access for clip management finally, which took way too long I might add as myself and several large streamers have been requesting this for years. However, what good is that if editors are just as stuck as the streamer was beforehand? They have no tools. Do you expect people to be able to sit down and sort through hundreds of thousands of VODs with no means of sorting them by game, date, timestamp, created by, etc? It's a fool's errand. A single stream of someone with over 5000 views is potentially another 10000 clips.
    And what if there are vulnerabilities within those clips? Good luck finding them!
    You only have given us the option of a complete wipe, which as you must know by now, is wildly unpopular.

    Batches of VODS to unpublish/delete should not take an entire quarter to make, but it's also not terribly important because VODs are EASY to manage as they are right now. Multi-track audio+ Twitch Studio shouldnt be a priority because it already functions in OBS and honestly if Live DMCAs happen that system is completely pointless. It also only treats the symptoms of the DMCA and not the root cause, but that's a whole another topic.

    These priorities feel just plain negligent of the issue at hand.

    A human being literally cannot manage clips if you've got any sort of following on Twitch. We NEED management tools. Today. Not tomorrow, not a month from now, and absolutely not an entire YEAR from now.

    Push clips management tools up to Q4, or Q1 at best. Put it at the top of the list.

    With that said, DMCA notifications + review + strike tracking also should not take until Q2. That should also be pushed to Q4/Q1.
    These are tools we need now. They are extremely important and pushing them back that far makes it seem like Twitch has no idea what's going on with their creators and what they want or need.

    The tools that are being put above the above mentioned that need priority are not even close in their urgency.
    Granted, you have the things people want on the roadmap, and that is good, but the order of it is ridiculous. It needs complete restructuring.

    tldr;
    -Sort & Delete Clips by date, game, or view count (I would add "created by" and " timestamp range BTW because that would help a ton) should be Q4 2020 or Q1 2021. Not Q4 2021. Giving editors clip access does almost nothing if they have no tools.

    -Multitrack does not need priority over the clip system. At all. Tell people to use OBS if they absolutely need it. There are way more important things to take care of.

    -Vod management is currently easy and could easily be pushed back because Vods have linear finite growth (60 days) whereas clips are exponential and endless. No idea why this is being prioritized when it's barely a problem by comparison.

    -DMCA tools+notifs need to be Q4 2020/Q1 2021. Not Q2 2021. It's ridiculous this wasn't already on the site already.

    If this restructuring is for some reason unfeasible, I don't know what to say but hire better people or find more help.

    I am extremely confused why "Sort & Delete Clips by date, game, or view count" is being pushed back to Q3/Q4 of 2021. That is an entire year from now and is unacceptable given the recent situation regarding clips being targeted for DMCA because of the system's failures to protect creators.

    Twitch has prioritized VOD management over clips. Let me tell you something, as someone who has used the website for years and is a full time streamer that manages many other stream channels big and small: VOD management is NOT what people need more tools for at this time.… more

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19. Prevent Banned Users from Joining Raids

    Block users banned from a channel from joining a raid from the channel the users are banned from to the raided channel, and also not notifying the banned users the name of the raid target channel (specifically the notification appearing on the top of the chat when the raid is about to happen).

    As with a raid, the raiding streamer will be in the chat of the raided channel, and the raiding and raided channels usually have related communities, malicious users can use this opportunity to continue harassing the streamer or spreading damage to related communities, despite being banned from the previous channel. Therefore, allowing banned users joining raids exposes both the raiding and raided streamer to the risk of being harassed by previously known and banned malicious users.

    I have recently witnessed an account maliciously disrupting the chat with inappropriate ASCII spam, and after the account was banned from the channel, the stream ends with a raid, and the same account attacked the raided channel with the exact same method, so this is a happening issue and actions should be taken against it.

    Block users banned from a channel from joining a raid from the channel the users are banned from to the raided channel, and also not notifying the banned users the name of the raid target channel (specifically the notification appearing on the top of the chat when the raid is about to happen).

    As with a raid, the raiding streamer will be in the chat of the raided channel, and the raiding and raided channels usually have related communities, malicious users can use this opportunity to continue harassing the streamer or spreading damage to related communities, despite being banned from… more

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20. Enforce the Harassment Policy

    The new harassment policy sounds lovely. But, how can we be sure Twitch will actually enforce it? Many of us have experienced harassment from viewers as well as creators (hateful raids, etc) and nothing has ever been done. How can we trust you’re going to do something now?

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