[Test] First Participation Highlight in Creator/Mod Chat
Some creators will notice a new first-time chatter highlight is now available in chat. This feature lets creators and their mods identify and welcome newcomers in chat to their community when appropriate. The highlight is only available to creators and their mods in chat and is not displayed to the rest of your community. This feature is in a limited release, and we will monitor feedback before making it more widely available.
Creators and their mods are enrolled in the limited release automatically, and they can toggle the feature on and off in chat settings under "First Time Chat Highlight."
We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions here. We look forward to hearing your feedback!
We are happy to announce that the First-Time Chatter Highlight is now available to all creators and mods! You can learn more about this feature at the below link. Thank you all for your feedback!
https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/first-time-chatter-highlight
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VirtualBenji commented
Buenísima idea espero usarla bastante
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ricardomoutinho36 commented
great idea!
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Rosuav commented
Awesome! This is something that I created an extension to achieve, so it's definitely something that's needed. Thank you for creating this!
Will this be something that can be turned on/off per channel? There are some channels where I'd use it and some where I wouldn't.
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kaaaatie commented
Really enjoy the concept actually but 2 possible things that could make this feel less like a "call out" - 1. having it toggle-able from the chatters perspective too so that if they don't want to be called out, then no worry on it getting highlighted and 2. have this be a streamer/modview type thing and now for all of chat (or have that be an option for the streamer to either show all or just show them/mods)
Edit: was going off what you could tell on twitter not here, love that it's only creator/mod viewable! Still stand by my first suggestion though!
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Blueylinn commented
This sounds like a great idea!
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[Deleted User] commented
I like this idea as long as only mods/streamers can see it. I can imagine some users might potentially get more anxious to chat in new streams if they know that's going to happen, though. Perhaps a toggle for users to disable it for their account on all streams?
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Sonicgott commented
Recognizing new viewers is important, as viewers are why we continue to stream and entertain. We always welcome new people to our channels, and want them to be happy to be there. I like this idea!
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BonitaLissa commented
As a person with anxiety talking in new streams, I find this not very great. I don't want to be targeted as a newcomer, unless I choose to be. I don't think "first time" announcements should be in chats at all unless it's a subscription or gift subs.