Some viewers use Twitch as an outlet for suicidal thoughts and streamers say Twitch can do more to help than just point them to a mental health support page
A few weeks ago, a Twitch stream moderator and health professional who goes by “Badxan” posted on the Twitch subreddit … Tweets: @dacidbro , @wishfuiiytv , and @chrsmxwll Tweets: David Broweleit / @dacidbro : Apparently someone actually programmed the “Report self harm” button on Twitch to simply lead to a ban of that user.. How could you do that? Do you just think they're all fake? Or just not your problem Chilling http://twitter.com/... Wish / @wishfuiiytv : It's a huge problem, and I've dealt with viewers and even other broadcasters who have tried self-harm or suicide. You feel responsible & very scared for the life at the other end. I don't know what we can do better other than keep spreading good vibes and resources for prevention http://twitter.com/... Chris Maxwell / @chrsmxwll : This needs to be on #suicide prevention orgs radars. @deseraestage @BeauPinkham & many others have been screaming it for awhile & now is the time to act. Thank you the amazing story @Vahn16! #SPSM http://twitter.com/...