Twitch Streamer Erby was banned from Twitch for broadcasting himslef in a dog crate.
Twitch Streamer Erby was briefly banned from streaming for broadcasting himself inside a dog crate and enticing his viewers to donate to keep him there.
The Stream
The Creator started this controvesial stream on March 13. His goal was to have a streaming marathon, living in his dog cage for as long as viewers donated. With 10$ you could add an hour to his time in the cage. Other incentives included: 5$ to make him write your name on his body, 3$ to turn the lights off for 3 minutes or 10$ to make him drink a drop of hot sauce.
Twitch streamer Erby is on day 2 of his caged subathon to raise funds for bills. The subathon is currently sitting at 3 days, with a menu ranging from $1 to $100 for various activities, each donation adds to the timer. pic.twitter.com/nS6QryLsbc
— M. (@ClipRenderPost) March 14, 2026
The Ban
The stream had been runnig for three days already, wherein Erby managed to raise $1,540 when Twitch moderators noticed the behavior and the incentives and set an end to the stream. The creator moved the fiasco over to Kick, where he was then also banned.
He shared a screenshot of Twitch’s message to him regarding the ban on X. Here we can see: He was banned for "soliciting money, services, or items of value for self-destructive behavior."
I just submitted an appeal. pic.twitter.com/Aw8gJ0HK6M
— ERBY (@ErbyTalks) March 15, 2026
The guidelines prohibit behavior that leads to physical harm or encourages others to engage in physically harmful behaviour, both of which Erby's stream did.
The Aftermath
The ban was short lived though, and Erby was back to business only one day later. Just the clips and recordings of the controversial stream can no longer be found on his page.
He is already back with another "SITTING IN SQUARE" stream, where he (you guessed it) sits in a square for as long as his viewers keep donating. It is basically the same principle minus the dog cage. There even are incentives again: you can turn the lights off for 3$, let him write your name on him for 10$, squirt water on him for 20$, make him crack an egg on his head for 50$ or add 3 days to his square-sentence for 1000$.
The concept seems to be working. At the time of writing, the stream has been running for 9 hours with almost 140 reamining and over 2000$ donated.
A lot of his viewers seem to find his streams and challenges funny and entertaining and many even donate. They see no problem in this, because he is doing everything out of his own free will. Others find his and the donater's actions repulsing, saying: "That's disgusting. Why do people do that?"
