Twitch Streamers to Gain Ability to Block Banned Accounts from Viewing

Twitch Streamers to Gain Ability to Block Banned Accounts from Viewing


Twitch announced this week that⁤ an upcoming ​change will allow streamers to block ⁤banned users from ​tuning into their streams. “You can choose to have ⁢your banned chatters‌ no⁤ longer be able to watch the stream,” Senior Product Manager Trevor Fisher revealed⁣ on Twitch’s ​Patch Notes podcast (viaTechCrunch), stressing that the feature won’t be enabled‌ by default. The new blocking feature will roll out in the next few weeks.

“The way that it will ‌work‍ is ⁢if you ban⁢ somebody and ⁢they’re currently watching, then the stream playback will be interrupted for them ‌so ⁣that they immediately lose the ability to view the‌ stream,” he explained. “And ​then if you go offline,⁢ you stream again, they won’t be able to watch⁢ your subsequent ​streams either until you choose to un-ban them.” He said it would have the same effect regardless of whether the streamer or⁤ a moderator bans someone: That person can’t watch your streams⁣ until they’re unblocked.

One significant limitation to the…

2023-08-18⁢ 14:59:23
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