The leaked Twitch list goes back five years.
The big leak related to Twitch this month included more than just source code and streamer earnings information. Details have emerged about a list of users to “not ban”, which certainly sounds like something that allows certain people to play the same game with different rules.
Now, a new report from the Washington Post indicates that the list is old enough.
According to the Washington Post, who spoke to various former Twitch staff members who remained anonymous, the leaked version of the list of “untouchable” users is about five years old. And when it was in place, he had to create a system where those streamers weren’t banned. “for something stupid“as a former staff member said.
For example, big names who frequently stream “non-gaming” streams, such as Tim “TimTheTatman” Betar, have actually been marked as “do not ban” users, but only to prevent Twitch staff from being inundated with ban notices. . The bans weren’t completely ignored. It’s just that an account marked as “do not ban” would not be banned in the blink of an eye by an administrator.
Basically, “don’t ban” meant “don’t ban without first digging into the reason“.
Twitch did not comment on the findings.
Former staff members told the Post that, for example, Bryan “RiceGum” Le and Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp were two streamers who repeatedly acted controversially, but were allowed to circumvent the ban, particularly due to how many people have tuned in to their channels. (Tyler1 was banned from League of Legends, the game he is best known for playing, in 2016. He returned in 2018 during a record-breaking Twitch stream.)
Source: Kotaku.
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