Much of the time it’s easy to forget that Twitch is owned by Amazon, though every once in a while the streaming company makes a decision so strange that its parent company is instantly called to mind. Here’s an easy example: Twitch user names are no longer allowed to include references to drugs or sex. Apparently this change is meant to “make Twitch the kind of place where everybody feels at home.”
Twitch announced the new policy in a blog post on its Safety sub-site. Here’s the short list of what’s no longer allowed in your username:
