How to become a moderator on Twitch

How to become a moderator on Twitch

Appointing moderators on Twitch is a key measure to ensure order on the channel, especially when the audience starts to grow. Moderators perform important tasks such as chat management, rules enforcement, and technical support for broadcasts. This allows the streamer to focus on content and interacting with viewers.

Terms of Reference for Moderators

Moderators have several important functions:

1. Chat control: Moderators can enforce chat rules, block or ban users who violate the rules.
2. Broadcast Control: Can change the chat speed, manage access levels and ensure the normal flow of the broadcast.
3. Points Program: Moderators can monitor the points system, award or cancel awards.
4. Technical Assistance: Moderators help with channel settings, uploading videos, managing clips and activating ads.

How to appoint a moderator

To appoint a moderator on Twitch, you need to follow a few steps:

1. Go to the “Community” section of your channel dashboard.
2. Open the “Roles” subsection.
3. Select the user you want to assign the moderator role to.
4. Click the “Add New” button in the top right corner and select “Moderator”.
5. Confirm the assignment by clicking on the “+” icon. If you need to unauthorize a user, go to the same section and click the “x” next to their name.

How to use moderators effectively

When expanding your channel's audience, it's important to properly assign responsibilities to moderators. For example:

• 1 moderator can oversee key issues on the channel, monitor what's going on in chat, work with other moderators and privileged users.
• 4 moderators can handle daily tasks: two are responsible for chat, one for managing rewards, one for points and other technical aspects.
• VIP-users (loyal and active subscribers) can help maintain chat communication, respond to criticism and provide links to announcements. The distribution of responsibilities between moderators and VIP-users allows to create a comfortable and efficient atmosphere for the channel, improving interaction with the audience and the quality of broadcasts.