New Twitch bot instantly permanently bans users who use the old “I’m 12” in chat, reveals Scottish streamer Toastie 202.
Lindsay Pattison, a Scottish Twitch partner better known by her online alias Toastie, warned her viewers not to meme about being underage in her chat because she’s witnessed a bot immediately ban accounts for saying “I’m 12” in her channel’s chat.
According to Twitch’s Terms of Service, a person must be at least 13 to be able to create an account on their platform.
Their site states: “People who are 13 or older but under the age of majority where they reside (varies based on legal residence, but is 18 in most U.S. states) may only use Twitch under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by Twitch’s Terms of Service. Children under 13 may not use Twitch.”
Even joking about being underage will grant you a permanent, irreversible suspension on Twtich’s platform.
“You can joke about 13 because you are allowed to be 13 on here,” Lindsay ‘Toastie’ Pattison said during her livestream. “But I have seen people been banned for saying ‘I’m 12’ on my own channel.”
“If you say ‘I’m 12… haha joke’ there’s a bot on Twitch that will just ban you.”
Shortly after warning her viewers, one of Toastie’s regular community members tested the waters and typed “I’m 12” in chat and was hit with a permanent ban immediately.
Toastie followed up with a Tweet warning people not to joke about being 12 on Twitch, writing: “This happened last night to a regular member of my Twitch community.”
She continued: “Warning to other streamers and viewers: don’t make jokes.”
The ban happened during Toastie’s livestream and she was able to clip the exact moment that her community member was permanently banned for joking about being 12.
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Lindsay ‘Toastie’ Pattison has over 25K followers on Twitch. While she games on occasion, she primarily does Just Chatting streams and you can catch her live most days.