British streamer and podcaster Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho says Twitch has warned him about how he handles chat while multi-streaming. During his February 15, 2026 Twitch broadcast titled “Playing Honkai: Star Rail 4.0 | Full Gameplay Reaction [No Spoilers!],” he told viewers that the platform flagged him for combining YouTube and Twitch chats into one window on screen. According to Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho, Twitch said merging both chats breaks its simulcasting rules.
He shared that he received a formal warning and was told to keep the chats separate if he continues streaming on both platforms at the same time. Despite that, he made it clear he plans to keep multi-streaming, but will now follow the rule and separate the chats. Twitch’s official Terms of Service publicly state that creators cannot use third-party tools to combine activity, including chat, from other platforms during a simulcast.
Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho says Twitch warning forces separate chats during multi-streaming
Speaking directly to his audience, Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho explained what happened in a calm and light tone. He said, “What’s up? What’s up? So I got in a little bit of trouble with Twitch the other day. I got in a little bit of trouble because, apparently, it is against terms of services to combine Twitch chats and YouTube chats into one chat. So I got, I got a warning from Twitch.”
He added, “I don’t know why, but I got a warning from Twitch to be like, hey, if you do multi-stream again, make sure both chats are separate.”
Joking with viewers, he told both chats to stay in their own “corners” and not interact. Then he confirmed, “So, yeah, we are multi streaming once again on YouTube and Twitch.”
Twitch’s Terms of Service clearly state: “You do not use third-party services that combine activity from other platforms or services on your Twitch stream during your Simulcast, such as merging chat or other features, to ensure the Twitch community is included in the entirety of the experience of your livestream.”
This issue is not new. On April 23, 2025, after Twitch named Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter the third most-watched female streamer of Q1 2025, she also spoke about the same rule.
On X, she wrote, “Multi-streaming has been so great the past few months. Only issue is that I like showing chat on stream for VOD watchers but It’s against Twitch TOS to show Youtube chat and it’s not against Youtube TOS to show Twitch chat.. so I can only show Twitch chat on screen.”
She also said, “I read both chats but my Youtube chat will forever continue to complain and question if I ever read them lol.” Both creators are still multi-streaming. The only change is how they display chat on screen.
