Twitch bans are supposed to be a severe punishment for streamers, but is that really the case?

Successful, large streamers on Twitch or YouTube are live for a few hours several times a week. At some point, many of them are so deep in the grind that only a ban can buy them a long-needed vacation. For large streamers, however, this is not so wild, but even lucrative. Some suspect that they even caused their temporary bans on purpose.

Back then, a lot of people started streaming because it was fun for them, but it didn’t make big money yet. Nowadays, numerous streamers are self-employed and sometimes earn millions.

In some places, streaming is even seen as a career path and students aspire to become big influencers, top YouTubers or streamers without even knowing what is behind it.

A daily online compulsion is imminent, several hours and days that you have to be active on the Internet, social media and Twitch or YouTube. Even then, it’s hard to stand out in the crowd and make big bucks with it. Fortnite streamer Ninja even reported that he was the slave to his stream.

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Twitch ban as a lucrative method and paid vacation

What are the advantages of being blocked? The Twitch streamer Amouranth was banned several times and said during one of these bans that she had more time for OnlyFans. The lockdown doesn’t bother her. You can produce more content for the platform and at the same time get significantly more subscribers.

Alinity was also accidentally banned for violating its sexual content policy. She captioned it, “It’s a nice vacation (…) and free publicity (…) (via Dexerto)”.

YouTuber and streamer itmeJP also spoke up Twitter, that the bans are even more likely to bring success and represent an additional holiday for the content creators. He wrote:

It’s really weird to be a streamer with any amount of success and get temporarily banned. Most of the time the ban is seen as a vacation and when the ban is lifted they are greeted with a huge first stream and a ton of subscriptions/donations/whatever. Not sure how to solve it.

So is a ban targeted? So some in the community suspect that some streamers are banning them on purpose to benefit or get a break. A famous example of this is the DrDisrespect toilet incident. During a live stream from E3, the Doc went to the bathroom, taking his viewers with him.

As a result, he was banned from Twitch, but it got a lot of attention and his channel grew. Many think he did it on purpose.

In the years 2020 to 2022, the community often spoke of “paid vacation” when streamers were banned. The Twitch streamer shroud also said that the big players on the platform in particular had nothing to fear and called it the “best case scenario” (via Dexerto).

It would be a forced leave if it wasn’t a permanent ban. After serving the sentence, you can go back to work.

Viewers usually miss their favorite streamer and celebrate when they return. It is not uncommon for massive donations and subscribers to be collected.

Ban from Twitch as a necessary forced vacation

A ban from Twitch is usually unintentional or surprising to most streamers. However, some reported afterwards or during it that it was like a holiday that they badly needed.

When sodapoppin was banned for 2 weeks he said he could do something about it but didn’t and saw it as a vacation.

The eternal cycle of sleeping, eating and streaming could only be broken by a lockdown.

The problems of the grind to success

Why may a vacation be necessary? The constant comparison, subscription and follower numbers creates additional pressure for content creators. YouTube and Twitch always let you know in an overview how successful or bad the last video or stream was.

Many build up pressure as a result, ask themselves why some things perform better than others and usually look for the fault in themselves. Quite a few drift into depression, burnout or alcohol addiction.

The grind is risky, said one of the biggest streamers in Germany: MontanaBlack. He said he lost sight of important things like friends and family. He only saw the streaming and had a kind of “tunnel vision”. He changed that and is currently only live “when he feels it”.

The successful Twitch streamer DansGaming also reports similar experiences and said that he broke off all social contacts for the streaming.

Furthermore, the streamer sodapoppin went so far that he took an attention drug to keep fit and to be able to continue streaming. He even abstained from food and much sleep as the drug suppressed appetite and fatigue.

In addition, influencers automatically assume the role of role models. There are many minors on social media, and content creators are constantly being asked to behave appropriately. This bothers some of them because they only want to do what they enjoy and not raise other people’s children.

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