Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site

Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by jcranmer on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:39PM (#26731713)

For people who are saying "but losing Twitch kills your career":

In the entertainment industry in general, facing repercussions (including being unable to get any gigs whatsoever) for your actions outside of direct involvement in entertainment has long been the norm. There are several recent examples that people attribute to cancel culture, but the problem goes all the way back at least as far as the 1940s (see the Hollywood blacklist during McCarthyism).

Why should people who stream on Twitch be immune to pressures that those who work for Hollywood have to endure?

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by ImprovedSilence on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:48PM (#26731807)

You are using the mcarthy blacklist as precedent for banning peoples ability to participate in a social setting. As far as im concerned, since forever that has been used as a reason to question and challenge censorship.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by dkarras on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:03PM (#26731997)

I own Twitch. Can't I just shut it down if I wanted? Or should I be forced to stay open after becoming really popular because shutting it down would prevent millions of people's participation in a social setting?

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by josephcsible on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:19PM (#26732207)

If you shut it down, competitors would immediately spring up and become way more popular. If you "just" ban someone you don't like, that won't happen.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by bilbo0s on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:53PM (#26731869)

It's not only entertainment.

You behave badly in a bar or restaurant as a doctor for instance, your hospital or clinic will fire you and good luck getting a job anywhere else.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by babesh on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:49PM (#26731828)

Such an advocate for neo McCarthyism.

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