Moderating an online community is hard, often thankless work — and it's even harder when it happens in a silo. On Twitch, interconnected channels already informally share information on users they ...

When OoeyGooee goes live on Twitch, she boots up a game (lately, Party Animals), sits down to chat with viewers, or pops on a movie. Hundreds of people tune in to watch, chatting alongside her ...

Twitch streamer Ludwig's subathon may have just come to an end after 30 days of non-stop streaming, but as fans wait to see what Ludwig will do next, the streamer and his team are getting some well ...

Prior to the start of his 31-day streaming marathon, Ludwig told his moderation team that he would pay them as a group $5,000 per day if they kept his chat clean throughout the event. The mod group ...

When Anti-Defamation League researchers set out to study the harassment of political figures on Twitch, they expected to encounter a breeding ground of live abuse. Previous research out of ADL’s ...

“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 ensures ...

Streamer Tectone accused Twitch of hypocrisy over its Veterans Day tribute, claiming he was banned for defending soldiers ...