Twitch's Paid Boost Feature Has Been Disabled Indefinitely

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Twitch has indefinitely disabled the paid boost feature from its site. The promotional element, which was created to help streamers reach the front page of Twitch’s website through monetization, was removed yesterday following a number of incidents in which inappropriate content was being promoted. Twitch’s enforcement of its terms of service has been called in to question a lot in recent years, with Twitch making controversial bans on certain channels and taking little-to-no action with others.

The promotional feature, formally called “Boost This Stream,” was introduced in October 2021 with the intention to help smaller streamers publicize their channels by paying real-life money to obtain a spot on the site’s front page. “Boost This Stream” was not received as well as Twitch had hoped, with many streamers and viewers voicing concerns about unsuitable content possibly being displayed on the site’s front page. Others worried that already-established Twitch streamers would abuse the system and continually hold a spot on the front page, taking away any chance of promotion for small up-and-coming streamers. Twitch would end the controversial “Boost This Stream” element in late-2021 and would introduce “Boost Train” in March 2022, a new feature that would promote channels based on their viewers’ financial support (subscriptions, bits, etc.), all in an effort to ease worries and ensure fairness on the platform.

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The supposed “fix” to the problems caused by “Boost This Stream” would end up causing more issues, so Twitch indefinitely disabled “Boost Train” altogether yesterday.GamesIndustry.biz reported that the decision was made following incidents