Twitch is seeking more clarity on why and how it enforces its policies. Monday, company he said it adds Implementation Notes, which it describes as “additional clarifications and examples within the Community Guidelines designed to make it easier to follow our rules.” The notes follow (and complement) the company’s recent promise. give a better explanation to the violators why their accounts are suspended.
The company says the Executive Notes will describe how its rules apply to the trends you see on the platform. For example, if a new trending topic violates one of Twitch’s policies, it will publish a note explaining exactly what behavior is and isn’t excessive under that rule. It will also publish new notes in response to data surges it observes, widespread community confusion, or discussions on social media.
Twitch has already added some implementation logs community guidelines security page. For example, one note says that selling potentially harmful activities for money (such as subscription shoots) is prohibited under its Self-Destructive Conduct rule. In addition, it states under “Sexual content” that direct links to websites that provide mostly intimate content are not allowed on the platform. Under “Don’t Impersonate,” it states that if someone else is impersonating you, you can report the impersonating stream to Twitch when it doesn’t qualify for a DMCA takedown.
Twitch says its performance logs will not replace any of the existing methods of communicating with users, such as blog posts or tweets. Instead, the company describes the records as “the source of truth for all policy and enforcement updates.”
Currently, the easiest way to learn about Implementation Notes is to search for a browser page in the community guides page. However, Twitch says it will eventually add a visual icon to indicate the new ones. It also works on a built-in search function to make it easier to spot entries without using Cmd-F or Ctrl-F.
