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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by lrae on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:17PM (#26731451)
No, iirc then he didn't get banned/temporary suspended for that comment. Twitch only decided to not do any direct business (partnership) with him anymore, so they unpartnered him. That means people can't subscribe to him anymore for a monthly fee and he can also not be tipped with Twitch's virtual tip currency. He also doesn't get any ad revenue split anymore. (And I think twitch is currently not running any ads on unaffiliated/unpartnered streams, not 100% sure about that.)

He can still be tipped through third party services though. (Like streamlabs and streamelements)

He's still allowed to stream, and now without contract, not exclusive anymore so that he also streams on Youtube and Facebook now I think.

I think that is also something they should do with people who just got arrested. Distance yourself from them, but don't ban them. If it's severe enough then they won't be able to go live anymore anyway.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by singron on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:58PM (#26734202)
He also runs independent subscriptions and chat on destiny.gg, his custom open-source website. I think his subs might have predated (2013) the general launch of twitch subscriptions (can't find the year), although some partners like day9 had subs on justin.tv as early as 2011.

I'd guess it's one of the reasons he manages to stay afloat despite his regular controversies.

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