Twitchstreamer Adin Ross has been banned from the platform for over five weeks. In late April, Ross was banned for the stated reason of “Hateful Slurs or Symbols” on a stream or VOD shared without context or in a harmful manner. The ban was confirmed to be indefinite, but asTwitchviewers are aware, “indefinite” rarely lasts particularly long with regard to popular streamers. It should be no surprise then to hear that Adin Ross has officially been unbanned from Twitch.
Automated Twitter accounts tracking the status ofTwitch streamersconfirmed that the indefinite ban on Adin Ross' account has officially been lifted as of Friday, June 3. The account was listed as banned for approximately 1 month, 1 week, and 6 days. Ross dropped a message reading “It’s time” on Twitter shortly after news of his ban being reverted. He then released a video on Twitter Saturday teasing a jump to another platform before confirming he was returning to Twitch.
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There was some question as to whether Adin Ross would ever return to Twitch, not just due to the ban but because he could potentially swap platforms. Indefinite bans typically imply that Twitch is comfortable with a streamer never returning. It’s also true that indefinite bans frequently end up being reverted, either due to Twitch acknowledging a mistake over the severity of the infraction or in response to a concerted effort between the streamer and their community. It isn’t clear whyTwitch reverted the ban, but Ross certainly had broad support from his fandom.
As for why he chose toreturn to Twitch, that also isn’t clear. The video Ross released made clear that his friends all believed Twitch was the obvious choice. He’d also implied in a now-deleted tweet from his alternate Twitter account that he was legally tied to Twitch in some manner. Regardless, Ross seems excited to be back on Twitch with his first stream back planned for Monday.
It’s the nature of Adin Ross' ban that led to so much confusion over whether he’d be back. The believed reason forAdin Ross' ban, since Twitch doesn’t share exact information, is due to him allegedly speaking a homophobic slur on a friend’s livestream. The friend insisted it wasn’t Ross who said the slur and Ross has never publicly addressed the recording, which has confused the matter.
There’s certain to be somecontroversy revolving around Adin Ross' return to Twitch. Ross never addressed the alleged homophobic slur that got him banned. He also has multiple bans prior. But Ross also has a large following that’ll be excited he’s back regardless of his prior bans. That’sTwitchin a nutshell.
