This is the best summary I could come up with:
Twitch’s chat ban tools have been around for ages, but the platform is about to hand streamers a way to control who can watch a stream to begin with.
In Twitch’s latest episode of Patch Notes, its monthly product update show, the company announced that it would soon let streamers block banned users from watching streams.
If moderators or streamers enable the feature, banned users will be booted not only out of chat but out of a livestream itself in real-time.
When dealing with banned users, the feature won’t be enabled by default, but streamers will be able to toggle the option within moderation settings.
In the Patch Notes stream, Twitch Senior Product Manager Trevor Fisher explained that the long-requested safety addition is a first step toward what could be a more robust solution down the road.
The feature also won’t stop unwanted viewers from watching VODs, highlights and clips for now, though Twitch plans to add that capability in time.
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And then they create a new account
Or just watch without an account.
Surprised that wasn’t a thing before.
