In recent years, many apps have been updated and several new ones have been created to entertain more people. Among these created platforms we can mention Twitch, a historical platform with many curiosities that has existed since 2004; Of course, in recent years it was that he acquired fame.
The Twitch platform began to reach a level after the Amazon company bought it in 2014, to offer a streaming service in the world. And this was thanks to the great sponsors and users who began to make use of the platform, for video game transmissions.
This free platform but that generates great income to its users with great influence, can be used from the browser or use the application for mobiles or computers. Among all the options that Twitch gives is to be able to stream and connect to YouTube and Facebook , which to start them you must have a Twitch account.
Now, many of the users of this platform, once they start using it, prefer to activate the option that allows them to create a blacklist and omit certain words. Precisely for this reason, in this article we want to explain how to make that list and ban words using AutoMod in your account.
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- How to List and Block Words on Twitch
- Use the Twitch AutoMod to ban words from Twitch
- Configure the AutoMod
How to List and Block Words on Twitch
Many users on Twitch, who create and publish content for children, young people and adults, prefer to create a blacklist in order to block words. And what everyone should know is that by having a Twitch account, the platform gives you control so you can do all of this easily.
The main idea when creating a list to block words is to create a balance on this platform and in this way, hateful words, racism, insults and harassment from people who watch streaming can be avoided as much as possible.
To create that list of words and phrases you have to access the ‘Channel Settings’ on the Twitch platform. When you’re inside, click ‘AutoMod Based Blocked/Allowed List’ , and in there type the words or sentences you want to be blocked.
To finish creating this blacklist and block words, click Save at the bottom of the screen and you’re done. Knowing that, we will now explain to you how you should use the Twitch AutoMod to skip and ban hate speech towards you and thus prevent others from seeing it.
Use the Twitch AutoMod to ban words from Twitch
First of all, it is important to first know what we are referring to when we talk about the Twitch AutoMod; which is a first-hand tool. This feature is a bot that works automatically analyzing the words of abuse , after you have set it up in your account.
Twitch AutoMod will take care of flagging and reporting hateful and abusive messages, so you can see them later and delete or accept them. Once you see them, you can decide whether to block these comments or mute them, and thus control the moderation in your account.
To use AutoMod, all you have to do is go to Twitch and go to the ‘Channel Settings’ , where you will find the ‘ Chat Options ‘ . In those options you will be able to ‘Choose level’, to set a level in the ‘AutoModulation’ that you want in your AutoMod and click Save to be able to set the changes.
AutoMod provides 5 levels, from which you can choose one; with level 0 you will be allowing most comments, but the application will block the default ones.
Level 1 monitors and removes hateful comments; 2 controls explicit sexual and abusive messages. On the other hand, level 3 blocks those sexual and abusive messages much more carefully , and level 4 blocks messages with obscene or rude words.
Configure the AutoMod
In addition to blacklisting, you can configure AutoMod so that by using signs like (*) next to a word, all similar words and words in other languages will be blocked. With these settings saved, AutoMod will take care of banning the words that have been blocked on your channel.
