Twitch: CEO announces changes to the platform's ban and suspension system

The saying goes: to solve a problem, first you have to admit that it exists. Now, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has finally admitted one of the biggest problems with the live streaming from Amazon: its ban and suspension system. And he promises changes.

In a recent live stream where he answered questions from the community, Dan Clancy revealed that changes are being made to Twitch’s controversial and problematic ban and suspension system, which is not at all transparent about its decisions.

The idea, according to the CEO, is to provide greater transparency to streamers regarding how bans work on the platform.

“I do agree that this is something where we can do better about giving people more clarity in terms of what they did wrong so they can avoid doing it again,” said Dan Clancy, who continued:

“Right now we’re looking to redo the strike system, so it’s more ‘the punishment fits the crime’, especially it’s a challenge for affiliates cause of the number of strikes they get.”

“The other thing we need to work on is getting more feedback to creators when they do something wrong so they understand what it is they did wrong, and that way they avoid doing it in the future”, added the Twitch CEO.

Currently, according to Dan Clancy, Twitch’s challenge is to find a way to make these changes on a large scale, something that takes time and money.

Bans on Twitch

There are so many bans on Twitch and they are often random that it has become a constant topic in the world’s specialized press. One of the most popular of these bans, still unexplained today, is that of the streamer DrDisrespect, who was banned from the platform in 2020 with no apparent public explanation.

Other names that have already suffered bans on Twitch include Amouranth, Kai Cenat, xQc and Adin Ross. Many of these names were even hired by Kick, a platform that promises greater clarity in its banning system in addition to a more lenient community policy.