Inside that big 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:125 GB data leak that Twitch says 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:didn't contain any passwords or credit cards but 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:you should still re🔯s🌳et your password anyway, hackers found a trove of interesting information. Some of it was just 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a list of Twitch's top earners, but it also had a file with a vꦯery curious name.
The "" list immediately sparked specu🥀lation from th♛e Twitch community. Why were these streamers special enough to warrant an exception to the rules? To find out, spoke to several former Twitch staffers who shed some light on this curious list.
To start, the "do not ban" list is over five years old and is no longer someth💫ing that Twitch even uses. It came from a time when Twi🤡tch was still relatively niche and not the streaming giant that it is today.
It does, however, confirm that certain streamers were given more leeway with Twitch's rules than other streamers. Non-partnered streamers were subject to Twitch administrative staffers who would enforce the rules with bans at their discretion, but anyone on the "do not ban" list got kicked upstairs to a partnered streamers conduct team who examined each report on a case-by-case basis.
Ex-Twitch staffers made it clear that the list isn't a blanket exemption to let listed streamers do whatever they wanted and more of a quick reference to avoid banning the wrong people. For example, Twitch CEO and co-founder Emmette Shear is listed on the list with the note “do not ban for literally any reason." The perks of owning the company.
But other Twitch employees had their own exceptions to the rules. Head of community productions Marcus “DJWheat” Graham had an "underage" tag on the "do not ban list" because he frequently had his underage child on stream which violated Twitch's under 13 rule.
However, the "do no ban" list also made exceptions for non-partnered streamers with massive viewerships. Bryan “RiceGum” Le had his partnership revoked for frequently making offensive off-color jokes but managed to avoid a ban for years. Tyler1, a League of Legends streamer, also avoided a ban for his abusive conduct during matches, although he's since cleaned up his act for streaming.
Today, Twitch uses a more streamlined report management system that escalates rules violations based on their severity. The "do not ban" list no longer exists--at least, not in the way it appears above. Leniency for top streamers still certainly exists (just look at 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Amouranth's return from her fifth ban for evidenc🐟e of that), but it’s at least better codified within Twitch.