Twitch rolls out improved reporting and appeals features
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XCXV)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch is overhauling its safety tools, improving its reporting process, and adding a new appeals portal.
Over the next few weeks, Twitch will slowly roll out improved reporting tools, simplifying the process by which streamers and viewers can report content. The new process includes a search function so users can find the specific reason for their report and a suite of menus for the type of content getting flagged. The updated reporting tools will hit web first, with the mobile rollout happening at an unspecified later date.
In addition to better reporting features, Twitch is also adding a new appeals portal, offering greater transparency into the appeals process. In the past, to contest a ban or suspension, a streamer would submit an...