This would really help with sword spam in chat for smaller creators with a tight group of friends that support them. Yes we want to chat in chat, yes a majority of us are mods, but we don't want to scare new comers off with the wall of swords.

Please make this happen

this is a great

I would say if the badge is turned off, you shouldnt have the mod abilities either - but turning them on and off would be nice to have so you could show the streamer if you want to be on duty or not that day.

I have it on/off via commands and my software bot.

Great idea, it reduces the hatred directed towards those who have the role of moderator for the decisions taken

I would love the opportunity to have "incognito mod" and have chat feel relaxed if they might feel intimidated by the sword, it would also would have helped save a 10 year community imploding yesterday ( one of many reasons).

Please twitch put this into place, it not a website breaker if the mods or streamer want to show the swords

This is a brilliant idea! Think of it: you could have mods in your chat that aren't actively on mod duty, turn off their sword and just hang out.

Additionally, the wall of mod badges would be a thing of the past!

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I totally agree with @SlippityPoobah

I don't see any reason to show the badge just to flex... In my opinion mods should be a classic viewer but with rights. No blame on mods decision we don't know who they are.

I agree this would be a great option. Sometimes I just want to go hang out in the chat without everyone seeing my sword. Also it would help out with preventing a mod wall.

I would definitely use this feature and I know a lot of other mods would also.

This would be great. Sometimes a chat slows down and modwalling takes over.

Allow moderators to hide their sword like how turbo users can hide their badges