So in this article, we take a look at how moderators and streamers can ban or block people, both temporarily and permanently. Twitch has provided a range of tools to broadcasters and moderators to police the actions of others in the chats. However, on Twitch, communities are more closely-knit, and the platform offers the ability for trusted members of a channel (aka moderators) to manually weed out negative comments and ban members from the chat. Further, there is usually minimal effort from the platform’s creators toward curbing such practices. In fact, mainstream social media has now become a place where people can just post inappropriate or incendiary comments without repercussions. However, these days, every online community will at times be subject to more than its fair share of annoying or intrusive members who troll others or spout hatred.
Twitch is a great place to build an engaging community of like-minded people on the internet. If you’re a Twitch streamer or are a moderator of a community who has been tasked with preserving the decorum of the chat, you might be wondering how to ban/ unban certain members from the chat.
