Right now, a ban just means you can’t chat.
Twitch streamers will be able to block banned users from not just chatting on their streams, but watching their streams entirely, using a new optional setting coming in September. That’s a big change from now, where a banned user can still watch streams without chat.
It’s not the last thing Twitch is considering—the possibility of IP bans for blocked users will, in the future, avoid people getting around their bans by signing out or creating a new account.
