In the day and age of cancel culture, many platforms are getting caught protecting their bread and butter accounts from cutthroat internal algorithms. For example, Twitch’s “do not ban” list became exposed following the massive Twitch hack.
The Twitch hack infamously revealed not only streamers’ data but their excessive streamer income. Streaming gamers make boatloads of cash; who knew? Well, all of us knew. Gaming, including porn games, is a massive industry.
So then, what is the “no ban” list?
In essence, Twitch, like other social programs, uses an algorithm to snuff out policy violaters. If an account resides on the “no ban” list, then it is likely immune, or somewhat immune, to automated policy violation infractions.
Why does this matter?
The obvious: It shows preferential treatment. A “no ban” list can vastly reshuffle all that fat streamer gaming cash.
If a top streamer can act out of bounds, it emboldens that streamer to act without fear of repercussions. In other words, some Twitch streamers do what they want without risking their income. On the opposite end of the spectrum, other gamers softly violate a policy and they may get put in timeout (or whatever Twitch terms it).
The “no ban” list allegedly only works to prevent bigtime streamers from being booted for minor policy violations. That’s to say; it didn’t protect them under circumstances where they did egregiously violate major policies.
One example, according to the report, is the accounts nick_28t, audiusaofficial, and ageprimesp being exempt from streaming non-gaming content. This also shows how old this “no ban” list is given Twitch no longer cares about accounts streaming non-gaming content.
Given the latest revelations in the Facebook whistleblower case, any news of preferential treatment tends to make headlines. But in the case of the Twitch hack, the “no ban” list is probably the least impactful narrative.
To be clear, Porn Games doesn’t give any of you any preferential treatment.