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DEVICE BASED Twitch Bans (not IP based) The current banning system is hugely flawed due to trolls being able to hide behind a VPN and create hundreds of new accounts, it does literal nothing to protect streamers against a persistent troll.
Instead Twitch needs to have it so that anyone who uses their services agrees to the logging of their Device ID and and bans are logged against that Device and not the IP. This way troll maybe has 2/3 devices he/she can use but certainly not hundreds!
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Twitch Ettiquette Training and Resources As a streamer and avid Twitch viewer, there are many community members who do not seem to understand the "unwritten rules" of Twitch. It would be lovely to have a resource or link to direct these people to. Perhaps an informative hub similar to the help center but focused on interpersonal conduct. Videos, articles, etc.
Some of the things observed:
- A user entering chat and stating they are underage (less than 13 for TOS violation, less than 18 in mature channels)
- Asking for mod privledges
- Asking for a gift sub
- First message in a channel: "Can…24 votes -
Accessibilility issues with Ad beaks pausing Ads pausing when tabbed out or not in view, the ones that go "This commercial break can't play while you're away" are a safety issue for people with photosensitive Epilepsy as tabbing away is how I and others avoid flashing adverts that can cause seizures.
Purchasing turbo is not an answer as paying for accessibility is not an acceptable option.
The best option is to not allow flashing adverts, the next best is to go back on the option of letting ads pause when you're not looking.23 votes -
Notifications - Recently Went Live Currently, the Notifications area on Twitch covers things like drops, gifted subs, stream streaks, and updates pertinent to my channel. What it DOESN'T do is tell me who went live recently. It's frustrating to have a notification pop up and disappear before you can mouse over to it and not know who it was because of a new pfp or vague go live message or whatever.
If the Notifications drop-down could add a tab for "Recently Went Live" that keeps a list of who went live in your follow list in the past 30-60 minutes, I'd find that really useful,…
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prevent joining raids to streamers you've blocked prevent joining raids to streamers viewers have blocked.
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Better Content Classification Options (Poss Safety Issue) The New Content Classification drop down appeared today and the mature content has been removed. However, The categories need to be developed further and made clearer.
For example - In my stream I have always put the mature content warning on - not for any specific reason. Occassionally there is some light harmless inuendo as part of the banter (nothing really worse than someone mispeaking something that sounded a bit rude, or someone making a 'said the actress to the bishop' comment.)
According to the new options, this would mean I would have to label my stream as having 'Sexual…
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I want contact of resolution. We get the initial notice that we've made a report and that's great. What we don't have is any resolution. We are left in the dark as to any actions or if the report was even looked at.
It would be nice to have a follow up email letting us know that someone has at least read the report and acted (even inaction) ala the vague wrap up email."Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We've initiated an investigation based on the information that you provided and we'll take appropriate action based on our findings. Please note…
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Solution for bot attacks After suffering from bot attacks for 3 months, I ended up having two ideas that could solve everyone's problem regarding bots.
One of them would be to create a "Follow Lock" system that consists of not leaving accounts that were created in X time (Decided by the Streamer/Mod) cannot follow the channel since most Bot Follows are around the same Day and Month.
And the other way would be a system that when the person gives the Follow they would have to go through manual approval done by the Streamer/Mod so they can simply accept who can or cannot follow…
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Lurkers are NOT bots Lurkers should not be considered bots and removed from viewer count. Lurkers are literally the backbone of live streaming services, whether they have the stream pulled up on their second monitor or TV, or hidden in the background at work so they can keep their earbud in, their silent statement of streamer support means the world to small streamers. By discrediting their view, you are only hurting the streamers mental health. Even with channel point redemptions and chat messages sent, their view will eventually be flagged by your new viewbot detection system and the count will decrease. When you look…
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Malicious reporting taking down legitimate streams A channel I'm currently subscribed to has been getting reports from bad actors that have been triggering automatic suspensions. Despite being told repeatedly every time the channel gets reinstated that it was an error on Twitch's part, the flagrant reporting continues and the channel continues to be suspended. Twitch needs to be able to do more to protect channels from being targeted by mass reporting and suspension. It makes it impossible for popular channels to exist if this is being done.
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Please make a definition of artistic nudity on Twitch more clear I was happy for new artistic nudity update but didn't expect this site to become full of aroused genitals. Is it still artistic nudity or po***graphy at this point?
How can a drawing with fully erect, wet genitals be classified as artistic when we all know what is the point of this kind of art? There is a difference between a nude portrait or a naked silhouette and some 18+ anime drawing with characters showing off body in sexual manner.
And it's the first thing EVERYONE sees when they enter art category.
If this kind of stuff is okay, can…
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Stop banning innocent users who barely use their account for "botting or automated account" There are numerous users out there who have been away from Twitch for various reasons, like busy working, on holiday, forgetting their account, etc. who then return to Twitch only to discover their account has been banned for "botting or automated account".
Case and point: my boyfriend, who was banned by twitch on Jan 29 2023 for botting [which he's never ever done], unbanned, and then banned again Feb 13 for the exact same reason. They're also MY ONLY MOD, so by banning them, you've effectively made my stream more vulnerable.
Put yourselves in their shoes. What if you were…
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Users who are not signed in can go into Mature Content channels Hey,
Since I couldn't find a category for it in Support, I will put it as a bug/idea.
When you don't login into twitch you can simply enter names of "mature content" channels and browse freely.I tested it on Smart TVs, phones, PCs and went to several known "mature content" (18+) channels and watched freely.
This means any kid can watch freely that content.I recommend enforcing it that Mature Content requires Age + Mail verification.
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Ban Email Clarity Hello!
I know this has been raised before and promised by both Emmett and Marcus but I would like to draw some perspective to the issue.
When a streamer receives automatic ban notification email they are given the following information. You were banned for one or more of these three reasons and this offence occurred on a Stream or VOD (aka somewhere).
As a broadcaster when looking to be compliant with all of Twitch's terms of service and receiving a ban it is hard to know what specifically needs to be changed because the notification email amounts to you vaguely…
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Have a shadowbanning system for bot accounts. It's too easy to create an account so once a user reports a bot account the staff bans them, they get a new IP and are ready to go again.
If you implement a shadowbanning system where their messages appear in chat but not to other users then that means that staff only have to ban the user once as they will not make a new account. It would be like a global ignore feature except the person being banned will not know that they have been ignored by every user. This would make the staffs job so much easier…
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More security against bot attacks Reports of unwanted bot attacks on the channels of various streamers are on the increase. It starts with the usual SPAM attacks in stream chat and goes on to subscription bot attacks that conclude fake subscriptions and even idiots who send food to the streamer's address via delivery service sites using cash payment.
A friend and cozy streamer of mine, sleepy_bubbless, recently experienced this. She was banned from Twitch after getting Prime subscriptions from bots in a joint stream with me and another friend. That same evening she couldn't find anything on her account and when she saw suspicious things…
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Automatically Enable the Mature Filter depending on Game/Category Rating 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…
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Sexually driven streams Hi, today I was at work and I have the right to go on any platform that is SFW when im free, so I often go on TWITCH.
The problem here is that I got a strike and almost lost my job because there is stream appearing at the front page featuring softcore **** (Obvious sexualisation while wearing as less as possible cloths).
I really like looking at streamers playing video games and also learning things, but your platform host NSFW content wich is weird for a gaming platform.
I can't explain how frustrating being talk down by my employer…20 votes -
get rid of the random bots in everyone's streams. There are so many bots on Twitch. I hate seeing them in my "users in chat" when I look to see who is viewing. like anotherttvviewer, electricallongboard,icewizerd, bingcortana, ect. Can you guys please work on getting these bots off of twitch??
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Identifying bots from real viewers. I am seeing, Bot Follows, Bot Hosts and Bot Viewers. I really don't care about the Bot - Viewers - but the Follows and Hosts are creating false hopes and damaging the New Streamer vibe for those wanting to acquire new viewers with their talent/personality/gaming etc. I think some or maybe more of us would Agree that this would be great if we could reduce the number of bots by implementing some sort of identifier or a bot blocker that could be added to ones streams/channel.
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