Twitch has announced that they will be experimenting with a new boosting feature called Boost Train, which will effectively allow users to buy subscriptions or give gifts or use Bits to promote channels in well-known parts of Twitch. And he disclosed this at the end of last year. Specifically, this feature only select channels; However, the decision was widely disapproved by major streamers, with XQC calling it "quite possibly the most stupid sh*t", noting that it was indistinguishable from watching bottling. Recently, users took advantage of this feature to promote porn on Twitch. front page. Back then, the company halted its feature rollout amid "security issues", so it's clear that not everyone appreciated the gesture.
Boost disabled after users feature porn on Twitch front page
For information, let us tell you that on March 30, 2022, Twitch users began raising attention to the issue on Twitter and Reddit by sharing snapshots of NSFW streams, including that of topless women, being promoted to visible parts of Twitch like the recommended section of the homepage.
In particular, one post by Twitter user Danielle (@thenoosh22) quickly gained traction on Reddit, drawing nearly 8,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments.
Reporter Zach Bussey said in a tweet from his Twitter handle, "[It] looks like determined trolls are literally paying for accounts with access to the Boost Train and then literally creating hype trains to get porn onto the front page."
As we learned, NSFW streams were labeled with the tag "Promoted by a community of streamers", indicating that the channel's viewers (or trolls) were promoting the channels in both cases.
While it's also true that channels containing pornographic content were swiftly banned from the platform, it was only several hours later that Twitch realized that setting up the feature was a terrible idea.
PC Gamer said in its article, that a Twitch staff member later confirmed that the Boost Train has been paused, citing a "safety-related issue that came up during testing." Accordingly, sources note that Twitch provided no specific reasons for disabling the feature, although it's arguably whether this was even necessary.
But as of now we have no indication as to whether Twitch has officially abandoned the project, which remains a question of whether the Boost feature will return. While the feature was dubbed "experimental," it shouldn't be too surprising that users would find a way to take advantage of it as they did.
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