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Moving forward, “waiting rooms” won’t be allowed on Twitch under our policies - reportable under “Impersonation”. A waiting room is defined as a stream that only features another channel’s content, and includes no reaction or other original content. To help ensure we enforce accurately, we’ll look at different factors such as stream title and channel bio, as well as whether we’ve received a report from the channel being impersonated. Our goal is to take action against streams that position themselves as “waiting rooms” – for example, channels that largely re-use other channels’ content without offering commentary or other creative content, and that pull views and potential revenue from the original channel owners. Reaction streams don’t violate the policy, as they aren’t just a restream – they include active engagement and commentary/other creative content. “Waiting rooms” in the context of a game update, such as waiting for a new expansion or character release also don’t violate the policy.