Streaming platform Twitch is changing how it handles user suspensions with a new targeted system that maintains some functionality during penalties.
San Francisco: Twitch, a popular platform where people watch others play video games and share content, announced major changes to how it handles users who break the rules.
Before now, if someone broke the rules on Twitch, they couldn’t do anything at all – not even watch videos or talk to friends. But now, Twitch will use two different types of suspensions depending on what someone did wrong.
If you break the rules while streaming live video, you will only lose the ability to stream and use chat in your own channel. You can still watch other people’s streams, talk to friends on different channels, and check your account settings.
If you break chat rules by saying bad things to others in conversations, you will only lose the ability to chat everywhere except in your own channel. You can still share your own streaming videos with others.
The company says this new system makes sure the punishment fits exactly what someone did wrong. However, very serious rule-breaking can still get you banned from Twitch completely. The time you get suspended will still be between one day and one month, and breaking more rules means longer punishments.