(I deleted my old post because it was hard to understand)

A Welcome message that shows up every time you enter a channel's chat. Not when you click to say something like it does now, but when you first see the chat.

It would include Rules but be more welcoming and flexible.

Examples:

Headline: "Chat Rules"
Body: (Usual chat rules as they are currently)

Or:

Headline: "AVAST! YE SCURVY KNAVE!"
Body: "He, she, ye, or they who dare cross this rope bridge to join us aboard the ship shall be cursed if they refuse to follow THESE RULES..."

Or:

Headline: "Hi! I'm Jory!"
Body: "And I'm still learning makeup, so be kind okay? Ask my mods if you want to get in the Zoom, and don't flood the chat because I'm dyslexic and it takes me a minute!"

Or:

Headline: "Infogeek Text Adventures Presents:"
Body: "You're in a maze of Twitchy passages, all alike... in front of you are some RULES. They read:"

Ok I'm having too much fun. I could do this all daaay.

Thank you, ever a fan.

Using Chrome on two devices in the same room, with more than one Twitch tab open on each device (Settings, my own offline channel and its chat, a channel I'm watching, the Live Channels You Follow page), sometimes whispers begin to vanish with "Your whisper was not delivered." This goes away if I close some of the tabs. But having multiple tabs open is standard Twitch life.

Also, sometimes I am whispering to a mod something critical and time-sensitive, and detailed, and then the dreaded not delivered message comes. The worst part? The message has vanished and I have to type it again, while singing and playing music.

It's the most frustrating thing about Twitch, for me.

We are experimenting with a new feature that allows new viewers in a channel to introduce themselves via a simple prompt. Messages sent through this feature will be highlighted to the rest of Chat with an invitation to welcome the user via chat reply or @mention. This feature is in a limited release, and we will monitor feedback before deciding whether to make it more widely available.

Channels are enrolled in the experiment automatically and randomly, and creators can toggle the feature on and off in their Moderation settings under Chat Options: https://dashboard.twitch.tv/settings/moderation

We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on this feature. Thanks for sharing your feedback!

People in chat should be able to upvote chat messages so streamers can connect more with their viewers.
People watching streams often share similar view on gameplay etc.

For example: The streamer clutches a 1v4 situation but ends up dying of fall damage or poison or whatever :P its just an example here!
But then someone in chat types "You missed a healthpack behind that tree" The message gets upvoted and the streamer see's the message and replies "Oh i didnt notice it, thanks i will remember that"

Example: You cannot upvote your own messages because that would just be silly.

Example: If a message gets upvote it cannot stay highlighted for more than 10-15 seconds. More upvotes extends the duration

This is something i wish existed. Many times have i tried to type something to a streamer but after 1 sec the message is already lost into the void (xqc's chat) *Cough

This will create a better relationship between the streamer and viewer

Right to the point: I have a stream where i am regular viewer Guild Wars 2 game, but there is a player who plays in competitive scene of that game, known to the streamer i watch and his viewers.

I've been mistaken for that player many times in streamer's twitch chat because of my nickname, which is similar to that player's nickname.

I don't want to change my global nickname because on other streams it's fine, but for that stream alone, where i am constantly mistaken for someone else, i would set some unique nickname.

I.e. Just like Discord's server nicknames can be unique.