New Twitch safety feature lets streamers ban users from viewing their streams TwitchTwitch is giving streamers more power over who is able to view their broadcasts in the form of a new safety feature. Streamers have been able to block users from their chats for a long time, but a new update is letting them completely hide their streams from those who have been banned. The long-requested feature could be a game-changer for streamers who have been dealing with harassment by making their broadcasts virtually invisible to those they don\u2019t want watching. The feature will be rolling out in September and will work instantly, meaning that a streamer could block users from being able to watch their broadcast immediately. That\u2019s not all: It turns out, Twitch has some more functionality being tested, as well. Twitch open to letting streamers \u201cIP ban\u201d viewers Speaking during an episode of Twitch Patch Notes, Senior Product Manager Trevor Fisher indicated that IP bans could be on the table in the future update. While Fisher indicated that IP bans are \u2018complicated,\u2019 after getting feedback from streamers, being able to prevent certain people from watching on the account they were banned on was still highly requested. \u201cThat\u2019s the first thing we\u2019re able to provide here. We\u2019ll definitely take the feedback that this is something that people want to be even more powerful,\u201d he said. So far, the ban will not apply to VODs or clips, but that too could be changed in the future. Streamers will also have the option to turn off the ability to prevent banned users from viewing streams. It will be very interesting to see how this feature evolves and which streamers choose to enable it once it goes live next month. Until then, keep it locked to Dexerto for all the latest news around the streaming world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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