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Go subscriber only (this links with Twitch and is an automatic integration).Set a wait time before users can post in your server.
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But if you have an open server that anyone can join, it’s important to make sure it’s protected from any hate raid over-spill.
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Our Discord is subscriber only so it’s safe from any hate raiders that wander in via our invite link. I add this action onto my start and end stream buttons on the stream deck so I don’t forget.
#TWITCH FOLLOWING OFFLINE#
Streamers are getting banned because of this when they haven’t done anything wrong! Make sure to keep your chat in subscriber or emote only mode while you’re offline to prevent this from happening to you. The twitch trolls then screenshot the abuse in your chat and report your channel to twitch. You can make this happen with a Multi Action Switch and it looks a little something like this:Īnother dirty trick that’s being used right now is spamming streamer’s chat with offensive terms while they’re offline. It can also put your stream back to normal with a second press too once you’re safe to carry on. Your stream deck can be programmed to do all of the above actions with just a press of a button. The easiest way to put a hate raid/follow bot protocol in place is with a stream deck. If you don’t have a stream deck this is the next best thing as a Streamlabs user – especially if you have cloudbot installed. Safe mode enables you to trigger multiple items from the list above all at once with the flick of a switch.
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Recently Streamlabs created a ‘Safe-Mode’ button that can be found at the top of your recent events dashboard (the little shield icon). Running an ad and/or a channel trailer also buys you a few minutes to secure things behind the scenes and clear your queued alerts so they don’t show when you re-start them. Pausing your alerts stops any more from showing on screen while you clear the chat and switch to subscriber or emote only mode to prevent any more hateful messages being posted. You can usually get your channel secured within about 30 seconds to prevent as much damage as possible.
#TWITCH FOLLOWING MOD#
This is a lot to do all at once but it can be done with a few simple commands – especially if you have a mod or two to split these with. Clear all recent follow/raid/host alerts.Switch to a Scene without on screen alerts enabled.Put Chat into Sub Only Mode ( /subscribers /emoteonly).Here are the steps I use to protect my channel: It’s designed to stop alerts, clear any offensive messages and keep our lovely community safe. Over on my channel we have a protocol in place ready to trigger if we get hit with a hate raid. Hate raiders and twitch follow bots are using these alerts and twitch’s lack of security around this to their advantage to terrorise the platform and spread their hate.Ĭurrently Twitch doesn’t have anything in place to protect it’s users from such attacks, but there are steps we as streamers can put in place to protect our channels and our communities…. In regular terms, these are great and provide a smile and a sense of community for everyone involved. Sometimes the twitch follow bots are released to capture IP addresses, other times its just to cause stress, offense and hate towards marginalised groups on Twitch.īecause of the interactive nature of Twitch, streamers often have on screen alerts when someone follows. Like hate raids, followbotting happens without warning and causes hundreds of notifications all at once which are hard to control. What is ‘Followbotting’ (Twitch Follow Bot Spamming)įollowbotting or Twitch Follow Bot spam is similar to a hate raid as they also target a live stream to set off a barrage of follow notifications from offensively named accounts. Hate raids come with no warning and are a way to disorientate and overwhelm the streamer so they’re unable to stop themselves and their viewers from seeing the hate speech posted. Instead of bringing over an authentic and lovely audience, hate raiders flood the streamers chat with hateful and offensive messages from bot accounts. Twitch Hate Raids are when a person – or multiple people – use twitch’s raid feature to abuse a live streamer. Raids are a wonderful part of twitch culture and are used as a way for streamers to support one another by passing on their audience and a whole lot of virtual love! But unfortunately over the last month, Twitch has seen a huge spike of ‘Hate Raids’ and ‘Followbotting’ to attack and abuse streamers instead of supporting them.