Streamer AverageHarry was banned permanently after it was revealed that his account was created before age 13, after which Twitch was accused of hypocrisy while other streamers with similar accounts were treated differently.
Twitch informed AverageHarry about the possibility of vacating his checking account, as he was 13 at the time of creation, which is against their terms. Two years later, he’s 15 now, which is insufficient for Twitch to let him do what he wants with the account, instead they asked him to recreate an account and start over, which left him in tears for all the effort. that you did in the past two years are about to pass in vain.
The minimum criteria for partnering:
- Complete the Path to Partner achievement to demonstrate a large, engaged audience / follow other services.
- Stream content that complies with our Community Guidelines, Terms of Service and DMCA Guidelines.
- Those who complete the Path to Partner must be able to consistently maintain the criteria set out in the achievement.
However, the post mentioned that these are the “minimum criteria” and that they look for more things in a streamer before upgrading them to Affiliate Partner status. One of those things that Twitch looks for is the age that is missing from AverageHarry.
After his partnership was denied, Twitch had already warned him about it, but the controversy surfaced when it was revealed that another popular streamer on TommyInnit received different treatment due to the fact that his account was created when he was 11 years old. A redditor pointed to us while exposing the hypocrisy on the Twitch side.
Now it’s up to Twitch to make their platform fair to everyone or keep their reputation as tarnished as it is now. There is no doubt that Harry’s case was unfairly tried. With the recent information that has surfaced, Twitch is being criticized by fans for the difference in his treatment, the most reasonable result would be to return Harry’s account and restructure his statutes.