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Re:A grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess by SubiculumCode on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:37PM (#23553392)
Ever hear why Ben Finegold got banned from twitch several weeks ago?
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Re:A grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess by noir_lord on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:25PM (#23554067)
https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/gwasmp/ben_finegold_...

He read out a nasty email someone sent him on the stream apparently, his ban should expire shortly if it hasn't already.

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Re:A grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess by Obi_Juan_Kenobi on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:44PM (#23554322)
Worth noting that Twitch usually doesn't make a statement about bans / ban reasons. This is Finegold's claim, and he is far from a neutral party.

Also the specific issue was reading the email address, not the message. This, naturally, invites chat to send messages to that address. Regardless of intent, this is a very reasonable expectation to have. If the email is not a troll, that amounts to inviting a horde of people to send nasty messages to a suicidal person.

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Re:A grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess by slau on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:30PM (#23554147)
Ben insulted xQc and his community. He called them racists, low-IQ, etc. https://m.livestreamfails.com/post/82089

He seems to have streamed yesterday and the day before, so he was probably unbanned after 24 hours with a warning.

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Re:A grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess by hawkesnest on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:58PM (#23553717)
He got banned? Terrible.
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