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Twitch relies heavily on unpaid labor to create and manage its storied community. Polygon spoke to Twitch streamers about why moderators matter.
Twitch spoke with Dexerto about its crackdown on viewbotting and hit back at rumors of a viewership “freefall” as a result.
Twitch reveals two new features for the livestreaming platform for moderators to use, aiming to make a streamer's community safer.
"Our viewership is not in free fall, especially among the millions of community channels that are core to Twitch viewership," ...
A Twitch moderator, or “mod,” is a designated team member who ensures that the chat complies with content standards created by the streamer.
Twitch viewership has fallen dramatically since the site began cracking down harder on viewbots, with many top streamers ...
A Twitch streamer named Jess traveled for 30 hours to meet her moderator after they fell in love. She introduced him to her online community, who were delighted by the story. Jess told Insider she is ...
“Accidently fell in love with my twitch mod so I flew 30+ hours to be with him. #TwitchIsADatingSite?” she wrote in the tweet. A Twitch moderator, or “mod,” is a designated team member who ...