This applies more to the mid to larger streamers but can be useful for the site as a whole I think.

If a person of importance is trying to communicate with the streamer then this would make it much easier for them. You may ask, why not just whisper? Well whispers aren't always suitable for those who have them disabled or for those who don't want to halt their stream to check them. The message may also be urgent so the streamer may not have time to check or may have their hands full.

This feature could also be used for mods to pin some sort of announcement in chat that viewers who just tuned in might have missed.

As for the pin feature, the broadcaster can set a maximum limit to how long these messages can stay pinned whilst moderators can pick the duration of time they want it to be pinned. If wanted, this pin option should also have the option to be disabled entirely for the viewer in their personal settings if they don't wish to see it obscuring chat. As well as this, the pinned message should have an 'x' next to it so it can be dismissed.

Sometimes the chat experience is impaired by trolls continually and relentlessly creating/using additional alternative accounts to repeatedly circumvent any ban, return to chat, and continue spamming or harassing the channel.

I suggest that Twitch provide an additional set of moderation commands, capabilities, and information in the chat-related APIs and IRC interfaces to assist broadcasters and their channel bots to control abuse in these types of situations.

Some ideas for suggested channel Moderator Commands/Options to Add:

* "Approved" chatters list - A List/Hash table of unlimited size for any users manually approved by a moderator to chat plus a list of all the users who have in the past already sent a chat message to the channel before and not been Banned or Purged since their last message.
* Two-Levels of Approval that can be applied to any Chatter: (1) Automatic/Normal, (2) Validated by Channel Extension or AddOn, and (3) Moderator-Sanctioned Approval
** An "Approved-Users Only Chat Mode", for emergencies, separate from Followers-Only chat that can be set to either Level 1, 2, or 3.
** An additional option for FollowerOnly,SubOnly, EmoteOnly chat to make "Approved" chatters exempt that can be set to either "Level 1", "Level 2", or "Level 3" Approved chatters.

* Option to Require Two-Factor Enabled on non-Mod Twitch accounts to send chat messages (Essentially, the chatter will have verified one step beyond e-mail address).

** Suboption to exempt users from 2fa requirement "just to chat" who meet another criteria such as "Subscribed, Approved Level 1, Approved Level 2, Approved Level 3, Chatted here before, Prime/Turbo user, or Account older than X days"

/GBAN - "Ghost Ban" / "Stealth Ban" - The same exact usage as the traditional /BAN command; However, when chat messages by affected user are purged the CLEARCHAT IRC message will be restricted to users not affected by a ban -- No chat connections from the user affected by the ban will receive any feedback or user-interface change showing that offending messages have been removed, nor that they are now affected by a ban. Everyone else in the channel will see the CLEARCHAT / <message deleted> entries for the Ghostbanned user. If the GBAN'ed user tries to send additional messages to the channel, the server should simulate that they have gone through successfully.

/WBAN <user> [<{IP|SUBNET|SITE}>] [<{EMAIL|EMAILDOMAIN}>] [<LEVEL>] - "Watchlist Ban" - A type of automatic ban based on details watchlisting - but a channel should be limited to a small number of entries, and the target user must already be Timed-Out, Normal-Banned or Stealth-Banned. A copy of the target account's IP Address, Subnet/24 or IPv6/64, Site /16 or IPv6/32, Email Address, Email Domain, Hash of payment account Id, Etc are recorded in a Hash Table of "Watch" items for the channel - The first time a new user who has never messaged the channel sends a message, their account items are checked for matches in the Watchlist hash tables, and if there is a match on a selected watch item: the new account is automatically added to the Banlist or Gbanlist - ONE TIME Only, and channel moderators should be alerted through the modlog.

An approval level is Attached to the WBAN, and Chatters at the level or Higher than the level specified are exempt from Watchlist checks.

Some ideas for suggested capabilities to Add:

* IRC Tags for chat messages that allow a channel bot to see immediately when a chat message is the "First Ever" in that account's history: chat message a new user sent to the channel, including the account's creation date.

* 3rd party external app/extension based approval of new chat users. Allow a channel to optionally require new users who join a channel for the first time to chat: grant permission for access to email and IP address data and interact with channel "Access Control" overlay extension that will provide an approval before a new chatter can post ther very first chat message (That may involve answering questions, acknowledging additional rules or policies, or verifying info, may be immediate approval, or delayed approval).

I think it would be a great idea if the streamer or moderators could put a message/note above the chat to notify people. Whether it's temporarily for a minute or left there for the whole day.

Especially with bigger streamers who have a chaotic chat. A note or announcement can quickly be pinned at the top and everyone can quickly click on it and/or read it (a little pin symbol would be fitting I suppose).

Additionally, it can get annoying for streamers to have to answer the same questions over and over again. That's why I think a little note at the top is a good idea. The viewers can view that instead of typing a certain command in the chat or bothering the streamer.

I suppose a quick way to do this would be to type /pin xxx
Example: /pin Tomorrow is the subscriber tournament! Don't miss out!
Example: /pin Yes I have played (insert game here) already stop asking :)

Thank you in advance if this gets taken into consideration.

Peace, Vorty

I totally get the reasoning but lets be honest a lot of the humor on twitch is cheeky straddling the line of offensive. Without the context of that channels convo at the time it totally misrepresents the jokes being made when viewed in that history manor. If you dont understand this view then you dont understand comedy and comedy is a massive part of the twitch community. This feature is misrepresenting every ones statements making them seem harsher then they actually are. The art of comedy is to getting people to laugh at things they never thought would be funny whether or not they agree often with the satire. Satire doesnt work without the context...without satire there is barely any standup comedy or sitcoms left.