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Twitch has updated its policy to ban usernames that include references “to sexual acts, arousal, fluids, or genitalia” and hard drugs from March 1

The Verge Kim Lyons

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  • @mcclure111 @mcclure111 on x
    Suddenly occurring to me that among the many, many things this bizarre Twitch policy affects, this means you can't name a fighting game stream “Loser's Bracket”?!
  • @cohhcarnage @cohhcarnage on x
    This has been needed for YEARS! Love seeing this kind of thing get into the site. Little by little, chipping away at what we've been asking for all this time! Next up, custom hype train emotes? Yesssss? 👀🤣 https://twitter.com/...
  • @nme @nme on x
    “We have higher standards for usernames based on reducing harm across our services” https://www.nme.com/...