Twitch removes new ban feature after accidental early release
Twitch has removed a feature that automatically unfollowed users from a channel they were banned from, claiming it was released too early.
On November 3, Twitch users noticed that anyone permanently banned from a channel were also automatically unfollowed from it. After hours of speculation as to why this was added, the Amazon-owned platform revealed this change was intentional but implemented too early.
“While working to curb followbot abuse, a product feature was inadvertently released early.