There are way too many streamers on Twitch with an extensive ban history, and it shouldn't have to be suggested that ToS integrity be honored. 29 people attended TwitchCon San Diego 2025 with 5 or more bans on file, and a growing number of other users simply build up bans like trophies. Some even play with bans just to rack up their own bans, having 20 or more bans on file.

Bans should not just be a timeout, they need to live up to the term "ban"!

My suggestion is a "3 strikes then your out" model where bans ramp up until the third strike where strike 4 is a permanent IP ban.

Ban 1 should be a simple 1 week timeout, ban 2 results in 1 month suspension. Ban 3 should be where more serious punishment occurs, as the streamer would lose their partner/affiliate status for a year after being suspended for either a month or up to a year. Also any application to be featured on the main page should automatically get denied until partner status is regained after a year.

Ban 4 is termination as the message clearly isn't getting through that the rules need to be honored.

The only time this should be ignored is when a streamer harasses anyone live on stream, where the user immediately gets treated as if they've been banned 3 times. Too often have users assaulted an individual live on stream and got banned for only a few days. This encourages such behavior as any form of harassment needs to have zero tolerance on Twitch, and proper punishment will discourage acting in such a way while earning on Twitch.

If high earners getting banned is a point of concern, any ban after 3 should result in a fine that amounts to one month's average earnings on top of being demoted to affiliate status for a year. If a high earner earns more than 1 ban in a year, then full demonetization for a year should be enforced.

Favoritism should also not be encouraged as it takes viewers finding the wrong person once to get a bad image of Twitch, ruining the platform for the rest of the streamers