Twitch wants to ensure a peaceful environment and is therefore tightening its username policy. You can find out which regulations will be added here.
Many well-known faces regularly stream for their fans on the Twitch platform. In order to ensure a peaceful environment for all, the streaming platform now wants to change its username rules.
Why is Twitch changing its rules?
In a tweet, Twitch released the news that they have changed their username policy to crack down on harassment and make Twitch a friendlier place. In their (extensive report) they write that they are aware of how important a name can be to a:n Creator:in. Which is why they are also convinced that a high standard is important here.
We updated our Username Policy to help curb harassment and make Twitch a more welcoming place.
Learn all about it here: https://t.co/RPsVHwNHMY pic.twitter.com/sguzfcN944
– Twitch (@Twitch) February 10, 2022
While Twitch has already been able to prevent and remove some offensive names, they still want to keep a closer eye on them now.
What will be banned?
The update will ban and prevent names that “allude to or refer to sexual acts, arousal, sexual fluids or genitalia”, as well as “hard drugs – except alcohol, tobacco and marijuana”. What exactly counts as a reference is not described.
Users with such names will be given the opportunity to change their name. Newly created accounts will no longer be able to create names of this kind, Twitch writes.
The example in the headline is of course exaggerated, but who knows exactly how the algorithm behind it works.
Since these changes are associated with an effort for some creators, Twitch will only implement them in its rules on 1 March, so that everyone has enough time to adapt to them.
Twitch wants to take another positive step for the platform, but some users on Twitter are amused by the fact that they ban names but still allow certain sexual content. Whether the streaming platform will also change something about this problem at some point remains an open question.
