Twitch's good conversation is like the ocean: it's always welcome, but it's rarely a blast on the internet. Over the years, Twitch has provided discussion moderators' tools to shut down ineffective resources, but many posts have allowed dedicated trolls to get back down the gates with ease. New changes, however, may eventually send packing to dangerous conversations.
First and foremost, if the viewer is restricted from discussion, it is not restricted to making comments; now, they know it don't see the conversation anymore
The most powerful change, however, was one Twitch never publicly announced. According to Devin Nash, CMO of streaming company N3rdfusion, additional accounts created by now banned users quickly blocked based on their IP. This means that they can still comment, but no one will see what they are saying. For years now, restrictive rebels have been deprived of the painless process of creating a new Twitch account every time they are banned. This, in some cases, they are successfully allowed to submit unwanted streams
Twitch has also made moderation much easier. Yesterday, the company introduced Mod View, a well-designed page that allows moderators to set users up, block them, and do other things easily. Previously, presidents had to type chat commands to make action sharing. In addition, Mod View allows moderators to search users for conversations and see their histories (messages they send, how long they have been issued, etc.). There's also a line of questionable messages flagged by Twitch's AutoMod tool, which human audiences can approve or deny.
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Hopefully, these changes will lead to more secure and fun Twitch conversations. Failing that, fingers crossed that this at least removes Twitch's most common barrier and uses a hit strategy. In fact, it's time.
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