Send URL's posted in chat to automod queue.
Send URL's posted in chat to automod queue.
The most spam I get on twitch is bot spam from those accounts telling you about "cheap viewers" and posting a link. This would prevent the chat from being shown at all, and then you could confirm and remove.
Yes, there is an option to prevent links - but this is not helpful for those who want to allow viewers to post links. I don't want to make everyone a VIP. I want to allow my viewers to post links without having to micromanage them by making sure EVERYONE that watches my channel is a VIP. I would rather approve URL's on a case by case basis, that's a heck of a lot less work then trying to make sure everyone is a VIP. Think about it - there are so many art streamers out there that want to raid and then drop a link to their art. It makes no sense to make every raider a VIP.
How this should be implemented: I see a couple potential options. 1) Add a new section to the automod section with the option to automod all links. 2) Add option underneath the "Block Hyperlinks" option that expand out once you enable it.
Another nice option would be to have a controls for how to moderate it, like only allowing followers to post links, or allow links if a viewer has been in your stream for a certain amount of hours, or maybe even to automod links if it's a new chat only. It's usually just the first chat that the bots send links in.
Ultimately, I just want prevent unsafe links from being posted until I say it's ok. Then I will make the decision to either allow or disallow and likely ban them, in the case of a bot.