Tag: Twitch update

Twitch shares the bad news for both big and small streamers

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In the middle of the night, Twitch released what it described as a message from Dan Clancy, the head of Twitch, and that was basically all bad news for streaming platforms of any size on the platform. Ostensibly, the speech is about splitting the revenue share for subscriptions on Twitch, but both reject the community’s request to change the split to be more convenient for everyone while lowering the better rate that some of the big streamers had. Basically, most Twitch players get a 50/50 revenue share for subscriptions, while…

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New Twitch feature makes it easier to block ‘malicious’ users across channels

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Twitch recently announced another security feature that aims to make it able to instantly identify Twitch users and take action against users who are proven to be problematic on other people’s channels. This feature is called “Shared Ban Information” and it consists exactly of what its name suggests – shared information regarding bans or similar penalties being imposed on problem viewers. It’s an optional feature, but one that will likely help proactively deal with what Twitch has referred to as “malicious” users. Shared block information security works by allowing Twitch…

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