Hello,

I want to share my experience as a small casual streamer and why I’ve decided to stop streaming on Twitch.

I don’t stream for growth or money — I just like chatting with a few people who stumble across my channel. In the past, it was fine, but recently almost every interaction I’ve had has been negative or scam-related:

Art scammer pretending to be a genuine viewer, moving to Discord, and trying to push AI-generated “portfolio” work.

Harassment from another streamer who entered my chat, spammed questions, ignored my boundaries, and then harassed me with alt accounts, threatening to report me as a “bully.”

Impersonation scam where someone created a Discord account with my name to try to trick my friend during a co-stream.

As a small streamer with almost no viewers, these experiences make Twitch feel unsafe and unfriendly. I can handle low viewership — what I can’t handle is that the only people engaging with me are scammers or harassers.

I’m writing this because I think Twitch should be aware that this is driving people like me away from the platform. At minimum, small streamers need better protections and tools to filter out bad actors without cutting themselves off from potential genuine viewers.

For me, the fun is gone, and I’ve decided to quit streaming here.

Thank you for reading,
Sym0Ssorce