#chat moderator

A chat moderator is a professional responsible for monitoring and managing conversations in online chat rooms, forums, live streams, or messaging platforms. Their main goal is to ensure that all interactions follow community guidelines and remain respectful and safe.

Chat moderation is essential for maintaining a positive and safe environment within in-app chats. By managing interactions, moderators enforce rules, filter inappropriate content, and handle user conflicts. They play a critical role in preventing spam, abusive behavior, and toxic language, which could otherwise lead to declining user satisfaction and brand reputation. Effective moderation strategies combine automated tools, such as content filters, with human oversight to ensure compliance and security. A well-moderated chat fosters a more engaging and enjoyable experience, improving user retention and trust.

Today marks 9 years that I became a chat moderator on Twitch.

I am so grateful of all of the opportunities I have been given throughout the years I have been doing it for.

I'd like to thank all the Twitch streamers past and present for giving me a chance and for believing in me, just know that I appreciate everything that each of you had done for me.

I hope no Twitch streamers find this rude but if you unmod someone on your chat, please do let them know that you have unmodded them because as a professional Twitch chat moderator myself (well, I'd like to think I am professional), I do think that can be a bit unprofessional of the streamer not informing that person that they aren’t a moderator anymore.

In my experience, I’ve had that happen to me a lot and for me, that is BAD considering I need to have a list of the streamers who I mod for on Twitch that I need to maintain now and then but with so many streamers on there, it can be quite difficult for me to maintain that list with adding and removing names (because I need to go to every chat on Twitch and type /mods in the chat to check the moderators of that particular chat).