This happened to me as well, June 11th. I've been a Twitch user ever since as far back as 2013 (I think); have been Affiliate for many years as well. Been moderating other people's chats. Have a very small but loving community around me. Never received any penalty prior to this nonsense. There's even past broadcasts saved on my channel that clearly show my face - yet somehow I'm a "bot"? This is just absolutely ridiculous. I wanted to stream today... guess I can scratch that off my calendar now. From what I've read online, it can take anywhere between a few days and a few MONTHS for them to react to the appeal (that is, if they even do that at all). I'm furious beyond anything. If this was, by itself, an "automated" ban - you see the irony there? - then their system desperately needs an overhaul asap. And if someone (falsely) reported me, then how is this even allowed to begin with?! They should be suspended instead for abuse of the report system.
This happened to me as well, June 11th. I've been a Twitch user ever since as far back as 2013 (I think); have been Affiliate for many years as well. Been moderating other people's chats. Have a very small but loving community around me. Never received any penalty prior to this nonsense. There's even past broadcasts saved on my channel that clearly show my face - yet somehow I'm a "bot"? This is just absolutely ridiculous. I wanted to stream today... guess I can scratch that off my calendar now. From what I've read online, it can take anywhere between a few days and a few MONTHS for them to react to the appeal (that is, if they even do that at all). I'm furious beyond anything. If this was, by itself, an "automated" ban - you see the irony there? - then their system desperately needs an overhaul asap. And if someone (falsely) reported me, then how is this even allowed to begin with?! They should be suspended instead for abuse of the report system.