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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by vkou on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:30PM (#26730786)
Twitch collects money from viewers, and pays money to them.
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by ipaddr on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:07PM (#26731295)
Twitch takes half of the subscription fee. Twitch doesn't employ streamers. Twitch takes platform fees.
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by thelean12 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:13PM (#26731398)
You are all getting way too caught up in terms. It doesn't matter.

A company firing an employee for getting arrested is a very close situation to Twitch "firing" a streamer for getting arrested.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by ipaddr on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:39PM (#26733618)
You can't fire a user. You can kick them off your platform.

If I say come drink from my waterhose. At some point I dislike you and I say you can't drink here. You can't fire them.

If google disables your email you didn't get fired you were kicked off the platform.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by thelean12 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:47PM (#26741679)
Did you miss my quotations? I said "fire" in quotations, obviously not meant to be taken literally.

And it's not quite like that. It's if someone comes up to you and says "Hey I can get a bunch of people to come and drink from your water hose. If I get enough can you pay me?" And then they get arrested for murder and you think maybe they should stop.

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