Twitch CEO explains Adin Ross needs to ‘change’ to be unbanned

Twitch’s CEO Dan Clancy explained that Adin Ross must show that he has ‘changed’ his content if he wants to be unbanned from the platform.

Ever sinceTwitchopened appeals for permabanned streamers, many notable names, such as IShowSpeed and JiDion, have reinstated their accounts.

Adin Ross portrait image

Another streamer has also been pushing to get their Twitch account back, with Adin Ross, who waspermabanned in early 2023, pleading to beallowed back on the platform.

Streamer Agent00 asked Clancy if the platform would ever unban Adin, to which he explained the complications that come with such a decision.

A toy robot.

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy speaks to Agent on Adin Ross being unbanned on Twitch“We have a policy about off platform behaviors… We’re really interested in protecting our community”pic.twitter.com/W6yPgo10wZ

“The biggest thing is making sure that when we let someone back on that they’re gonna behave in a way on our platform that is consistent with our guidelines… So that’s the biggest thing,” Clancy said in regard to Ross’ permanent ban.

DJWheat-slams-Twitch-executives-branded-content-guidelines

Twitch’s CEO added that Adin needs to prove to the Amazon-backed platform that he has changed his content to fit their guidelines.

“I’ve heard a lot of folks say lots of things about Adin in how he’s evolving his content and changing it and whatnot, and the question is, ‘Okay, is that the case?’”

A photo of Pokimane.

When asked how the change will be determined, Clancy said he wouldn’t go into detail about how it is done. However, he used JiDion as an example of a streamer who changed up their content and had their account reinstated.

Saying that the case for unbanning JiDion was “easy” as it was obvious his content had changed in the years since he had been banned.

However, Clancy explained streamers can still be banned depending on their actions on other platforms. For example, if a creator swatted another streamer on Twitter, it would be grounds for a ban.

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy speaks out as site makes big changes to viewbotting system

Former Twitch exec calls CEO Dan Clancy’s self-promotion “gross”

Pokimane shocked by Adin Ross’s messages in her chat after Twitch unban

So for now, there’s no further clarity on Ross’ situation, but it’s evident Twitch is willing to welcome him back, if he meets their conditions.