[bradly]

I got into Chess a couple years ago and Twitch and YouTube were a huge part of it. I had gotten started watching Ben Finegold's kids classes. Getting to see grandmasters play and hear their thoughts and ask them questions is an unbelievable resource. I was surprised how good Chess was as a spectator sport.

[hawkesnest]

I kept waiting for him to post a video for the U800 kids. That's about my level right now.

[SubiculumCode]

Ever hear why Ben Finegold got banned from twitch several weeks ago?

[noir_lord]

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/gwasmp/ben_finegold_...

He read out a nasty email someone sent him on the stream apparently, his ban should expire shortly if it hasn't already.

[Obi_Juan_Kenobi]

Worth noting that Twitch usually doesn't make a statement about bans / ban reasons. This is Finegold's claim, and he is far from a neutral party.

Also the specific issue was reading the email address, not the message. This, naturally, invites chat to send messages to that address. Regardless of intent, this is a very reasonable expectation to have. If the email is not a troll, that amounts to inviting a horde of people to send nasty messages to a suicidal person.

[slau]

Ben insulted xQc and his community. He called them racists, low-IQ, etc. https://m.livestreamfails.com/post/82089

He seems to have streamed yesterday and the day before, so he was probably unbanned after 24 hours with a warning.

[hawkesnest]

He got banned? Terrible.