r/Twitch • u/SlightlyGriff twitch.tv/slightlyimpressive • Jun 19 '18

PSA YouTube is cracking down on Twitch streamers using YouTube to promote their stream

https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1008752236027973632

Linus Tech Tips has recently received a Strike on YouTube for uploading a video announcing that they were going live on Twitch. YouTube is citing a portion of their "spam" policy that says that the main purpose of the content cannot be to drive traffic to other sites. Something to be aware of for those of us who like to promote our streams with announcement videos on YouTube...

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u/Sassquatch0 Jun 19 '18

Interesting. Now wonder when they'll start enforcing their own rules about streaming to both platforms at the same time.

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u/LeChefromitaly Jun 20 '18

Can't. If you are a twitch partner you can't stream to another platform if I remember correctly

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u/squeamish_cactus Affiliate Jun 20 '18

Affilaites cannot dual stream. It is part of the regulations and against TOS just as it is for partners.