Please retain chants! Just make it an optional feature for streamers to turn on or off, let them make the choice of if it really hurts their views that badly. Every stream I've been on with it has seen it as nothing but a fun benefit.

Please keep chants! They harm nothing. It brings up positivity.

As a streamer and viewer who is anxious chants are a great way for people like me who are anxious to be involved with the streams. This makes no sense to be taken away.

I like the idea that chants are optional and up to the streamer. Because only mods can use them, streamers have more or less full control over how chants are used on a stream and so they can decide for themselves what is best for their stream. By completely removing chants, you are taking away an ability for streamers to directly impact their stream in the way they want to.

More options for users are always better.

Twitch shouldn’t be policing whether or not chants are effective, when all communities operate independently of Twitch’s general expectations! Some have found great success with the feature! Make it a toggle option! 💜

When used in channels that I mod it also seems to bring out new chatters which in my book is a win.

I find them hilarious and I always jump to use them when a mod activates them. Normally during an event or say an in game death etc. Definitely also find people will break a lurk to say hello too. Not sure where they found there was a decrease in viewership when in my experience it's made more people active in chats.

Agreed. Chants are not an issue by nature - the issue often lies in whether or not a streamer's mods know how to utilize them effectively. A simple toggle for those who are comfortable having them enabled would be great.