Twitch tightens up username rules, will now ban references to hard drugs or sex | PC Gamer

Home News (Image credit: Bloomberg (via Getty Images)) Truly, the gamer tag is our digital handshake, a greeting we extend that says “B0ngSm0ka95” or “xXxShadowGoku420” to introduce ourselves to our friends and/or enemies. Now, a new change to Twitch’s username policy aims to ensure some manners and decorum around the gamer’s handshake moving forward.In the company’s own words: “…we have additional, higher standards for usernames based on reducing harm across our services. Usernames and display names created on Twitch may not include:  Breaking the Law, including Terrorism and Child Exploitation Violence and ThreatsHateful ConductHarassment and Sexual HarassmentUnauthorized Sharing of Private InformationImpersonationGlorification of natural or violent tragediesSelf-Destructive BehaviorReferences to recreational drugs, hard drugs, and drug abuse, with exceptions for alcohol, tobacco, and marijuanareferences to sexual acts, genital, or sexual fluids.”To be frank, those don’t strike me as unreasonable standards for one of the most prominent forms of communication on the platform, and Twitch also outlined its new system of enforcement for username infractions.For your average Twitch user whose gamer tag just falls a little bit outside of acceptable bounds, the company will institute mandatory username resets with no other consequences barring repeated setting of an offending name.Twitch does, however, reserve the right to indefinitely…
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