Overview
The video provides a series of free, actionable tips for Twitch streamers to protect their streams, enhance chat safety, utilize clips, and improve collaborations. Each solution focuses on improving the streaming and community experience without additional cost.
Stream Protection from Disconnections
- Enable Disconnect Protection in your stream dashboard to avoid getting kicked off Twitch during brief internet outages.
- Disconnect Protection gives you 90 seconds to reconnect, keeping viewers informed with a holding screen.
- Activate Low Latency Mode for faster chat responses and better community interaction if your internet supports it.
Chat Moderation and Safety
- Use Twitch Auto Mod and Shield Mode to block trolls, bots, and malicious users from disrupting chat.
- Adjust Auto Mod settings for stronger protection on slurs and aggression while allowing more leniency for swearing if desired.
- Block all hyperlinks to prevent spam from scammers and repeated song requests.
- Set channel privileges based on account age and verification to limit new or burner accounts from chatting or following.
- Employ Shield Mode for temporary, heightened chat security during attacks.
- Restrict banned viewers from watching your stream by enabling the corresponding moderation setting.
Audio Quality Emphasis
- Prioritize high-quality audio, as poor sound drives viewers away more than low-quality visuals.
Viewer Engagement via Clips and Stories
- Use Twitch Stories to share vertical clips directly with offline app viewers for 24–48 hours, increasing engagement and reach.
- Easily edit and publish clips as stories via the dashboard, encouraging more viewer interaction.
Boosting Discovery with Clip Sharing
- Allow viewers to upload your clips to their own socials to foster a clipping culture and boost channel discovery.
- Consider running contests or initiatives to encourage community-driven clipping.
Enhanced Collaboration Features
- Stream Together enables streamers to share audio and video feeds for up to six participants, improving collaboration broadcasts.
- The feature includes shared chat, merging all collaborators' chats into one interface for viewers and streamers.
- Lower browser source quality in the performance tab to mitigate CPU spikes, especially if using resource-intensive software.
- Collaborations are essential for most top-performing Twitch categories and are enhanced by these new features.
Decisions
- Enable Disconnect Protection to prevent brief outages from stopping the stream.
- Adjust moderation settings for chat safety.
- Block hyperlinks in chat to reduce spam and scams.
- Restrict banned users from viewing streams for peace of mind.
- Allow or restrict viewer clip sharing based on desired community engagement strategy.
Action Items
- TBD – Streamer: Turn on Disconnect Protection and Low Latency Mode in stream dashboard.
- TBD – Streamer: Review and strengthen Auto Mod and Shield Mode settings.
- TBD – Streamer: Enable setting to block banned users from viewing the stream.
- TBD – Streamer: Experiment with Twitch Stories and encourage clip creation.
- TBD – Streamer: Decide on and set permissions for viewer clip sharing to socials.
- TBD – Streamer: Set up and test Stream Together for future collaborations.