💬 Get Better at Stream Chat (29 Tips!)
Channel: MachineDaena
Date: 2020-11-25

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As your Twitch or YouTube Gaming stream grows, you may find that dealing with high volumes of stream chat becomes increasingly difficult. I had this exact problem and have had to continually adapt and improve my stream to help me to handle my chat like a streaming professional!

In this video, I talk through all of the things I've done to improve how my stream chat is managed, with some particular attention paid to software (StreamLabs, Cloudbot, Streamlabs OBS (SLOBS) and Twitch Stream Manager, etc) and also a number of other proactive ways to manage your chat! 

In many examples I provide a demo or software example of how the streaming tip or hint is achieved, such as for Cloudbot configurations from Streamlabs Online (chat timers, chat commands, bot commands etc), or SLOBS (settings to optimise chat) tweaks to make your streaming life easier! 

There are loads of streaming tips and hints in this video, so make sure to watch to the end to get them all! 

Here is a text list of the tips, in case you're in a rush: 

___ SECTION 1: Managing Viewer Chat ___
1) Chat Alerts – Module from Cloudbot
2) Experiment with Follower / Sub-only chat 
3) Use Emote-only chat 
4) Pay close attention to highlighted messages
5) Add !today or !schedule command with key daily info 

___SECTION 2: Ergonomic, Environmental & Software Usability___  
6) Move the chat panel in your streaming software closer to the cam
7) Increase the text chat size 
8) Drag the text chat panel to be wider so more stream chat can fit
9) Consider investing in a second or third monitor dedicated to chat panel
10) Consider monitor and desk layout for stream chat
11) Minimise head turning distance for managing stream chat 
12) Be mindful of stream chat delay on mobile 
13) Consider not managing stream chat on a mobile device 

___ SECTION 3: Managing Bot Chat ___
14) Recolour your bot commands
15) Add cooldowns to high volume commands 
16) Continually evaluate bot timer spam on your channel 
17) Consider limiting higher value commands to mods or subs only
18) Have some stream viewer bot commands respond to whisper rather than chat
19) Turn off unused chat modules from Cloudbot
20) Consider adding cooldowns to modules where needed 
21) Guard against over-using timers
22) Consolidate social media timers
23) Encourage chat users to help answering questions 
24) Use Timers to their fullest word-count (if needed)
25) Be as succinct as possible with Timers

___ SECTION 4: Super Pro Stream Chat Tips ___ 
26) Leverage your MODS – ask them to help you out
27) Use video explainers for key elements of your stream or regular questions
28) You don’t have to answer EVERY question that comes from chat
29) Try to frame your stream with key information about the stream at start / end

-- ⏲️ Vid Timestamps -- 
Intro, Information & Terrible Humour:(0:00)
SECTION 1 - Managing Viewer Chat (Tips 1 – 5):(2:49)
SECTION 2 - Ergonomic, Environmental & Usability (Tips 6 – 13):(6:20)
SECTION 3 - Managing Bot Chat (Tips 14 – 18):(12:25)
SECTION 4 - Super Tips! (Tips 26 – 29):(18:17)
Outro:(22:04)

-- 📹 Related Vids -- 
Set Up Chat Alerts 💬 // StreamLabs Cloudbot For Streaming; https://youtu.be/AiT2VH0TZew
💬 Customize Bot Name & Bot Chat Colour // Streamlabs Tutorial; https://youtu.be/yROVAUMkA5A
StreamLabs Cloudbot Tutorials Playlist; https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7WNyW8upBjYEqfDC3RNpcQf4UcJQ8b8O

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