Twitch is rolling out an replace subsequent month that can lastly permit streamers to dam banned customers from viewing their streams. At present, Twitch means that you can ban customers from the chat part of a stream, however they will nonetheless view streams.
Twitch revealed earlier this week, throughout its Patch Notes stream, {that a} new setting might be accessible for streamers in September that can boot individuals out of chat and reside streams in actual time. Banned customers will robotically be blocked from viewing streams, a long-requested function that streamers have been ready years for.
“On the time being it received’t cease them from viewing VODs or clips, however that’s one thing we additionally need to embody as a part of this performance… in a future replace,” mentioned Twitch senior product supervisor Trevor Fisher throughout the Patch Notes stream earlier this week.
Whereas this can be a welcome function, notably for tackling harassment, Twitch nonetheless permits anybody to observe streams with out an account. So if somebody is banned they will merely sign off of the service or use a browser incognito window to proceed watching a stream. Nonetheless, no less than the ban function will quickly work the way you’d anticipate it to.