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Setting Up Twitch Account and Nightbot Before We Stream | Tutorial 10/13 - YouTube
Channel: NerdOrDie
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In this video weâre going to set up our
Twitch account and chat moderator bot before
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we stream.
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Letâs get right into it.
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The first thing we need to do is go through
our settings for our Twitch account.
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Letâs log into Twitch click our name at
the top and then select settings.
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In the first tab, we can change how our name
appears in Twitch chat, update our Email,
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add an Avatar or profile picture, and write
a bio to give our viewers a bit more information
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about us.
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Iâll quickly add a logo in, and write a
generic bio - letâs hit save changes and
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move to the Turbo tab.
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Turbo is a subscription based membership that
provides you benefits such as ad-free viewing,
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custom emotes, and even a cool chat badge.
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If youâre like me, and watch a lot of Twitch
on mobile devices, you may want to consider
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a subscription to this.
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Moving on to the channels & and videos tab,
weâll first notice where we can upload a
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video player banner, or offline image.
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Youâll want to choose an image with a 16:9
aspect ratio - and something that represents
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your stream.
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Nerd or Die is actually working on an image
creator similar to our panel and overlay maker,
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so make sure to subscribe to see when that
launches - so that you can make your own.
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Anyways, if you have a file, upload it here.
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The mature content check box is for those
that plan on streaming content that may be
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inappropriate for younger audiences.
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Checking this box does not exclude you from
the terms of service.
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The next option, archived broadcasts, will
automatically save your streams on the Twitch
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servers.
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This will allow you to create highlighted
clips, as well export videos to YouTube, if
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enabled.
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Letâs check mark this option.
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The Stream Delay option is a feature that
will help reduce delay between whatâs happening
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live, to what your viewers are seeing.
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This option may cause buffering for viewers
with poor connections.
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Letâs enable this - but if you have a lot
viewers in chat talking about buffering issues,
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it may be worthwhile to disable it and see
if it helps.
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Authorized broadcasters allows other people
to stream to your channel.
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You can use this box to invite and authorize
them.
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Letâs move on to our chat options.
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If youâre not planning on using a chatbot,
which Iâll show you how to set up shortly,
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then you may want to consider enabling block
hyperlinks.
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This will purge any chat messages that contains
links.
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Thereâs a lot of spam bots out there, as
well people that will link harmful sites.
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We can leave this disabled, since weâll
setup nightbot in just a moment.
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Twitch will automatically filter globally
banned words, but if youâd like to add some
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that arenât included in their list - you
can do so here.
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You can also opt-out of filtering globally
banned words with this next option.
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The last option in this section will show
you any users that have been banned from your
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channel.
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Letâs save changes and move on to Security
and Privacy.
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Here, you can change your password, as well
as set up Two-Factor authentication.
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If youâre concerned about your channels
security, Two-Factor authentication will definitely
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help put your mind at ease.
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Here, you can also disable exporting to YouTube,
if you want to protect your channel's content.
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The remaining options will offer privacy when
it comes to messages from âstrangersâ.
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This basically means any user that you donât
follow.
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After we save changes we can check out the
notifications tab.
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Most of these options are meant for using
Twitch as a viewer, but the ones important
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for us as new broadcasters are under âEmail
Me Whenâ.
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We can set Email alerts for when we receive
a private message, gain new followers, and
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when a video can be created (which means we
can make a highlight or export to YouTube).
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We can also receive an Email when someone
makes us an editor of their channel, meaning
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we can create highlights and YouTube exports
for other channels.
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Read through the rest of the options, and
set up as needed, letâs save changes.
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The connections tab offers links with Blizzard
and Stream.
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I personally havenât found these connections
too useful.
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You can also set up YouTube integration, so
that you can export VODs, or videos on demand,
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to your YouTube channel.
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With Facebook, you can enable one click login
through your Facebook account, and with the
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Twitter connection you can setup automatic
Tweets when you go live - as well as send
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tweets through the new channel feed, which
Iâll show you shortly.
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The âOther Connectionsâ represents any
apps that we have connected to our Twitch
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Account.
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If you ever decide to, you can disable them
here.
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The last tab for subscriptions will cover
the channels youâre subbed to.
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Letâs not worry about that, and go to our
Twitch Dashboard.
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The Twitch Dashboard is where we can update
our stream title, as well as set what game
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weâre playing.
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Titles will be important to let viewers know
what weâre up to, and the game category
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will help us be found in the game directories.
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Iâll actually make a quick change to mine
and then hit update.
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We donât need to worry about the remaining
tabs, but if youâre interested, make sure
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to check them out.
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Letâs go ahead and click the drop down at
the top and go to our Profile.
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Our profile is where viewers will go to watch
Past broadcasts, highlights, and be able to
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see who we follow, as well as who follows
us.
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We can add a profile bio here, as well.
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At the top, youâll notice the ability to
add a profile banner, which can be any image
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we feel represents our stream.
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You can upload pretty much any image, but
their recommended size is 900x480.
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As I mentioned before, Nerd or Die will have
an offline image creator in the near future
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- which will also work have the capability
of making an image for this type of file as
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well.
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Anyways, once weâre done here, letâs go
ahead and move to the final page we need to
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set up on Twitch, our channelâs page.
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You can get here by using the Dropdown and
clicking channel, or just entering in your
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stream channel URL - in my case this is Twitch.tv/NerdOrDie.
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If you have a past broadcast already, it will
appear at the top.
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We will also notice the ability to update
our broadcast title and game on this page
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if needed.
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Our offline image will load in the section
where our video feed will be, when weâre
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not live.
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Letâs scroll down and take a look at the
information below where our video feed will
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show.
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The first thing I want to point out is our
panels.
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Panels are basically sections that will allow
us to display different information about
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our stream.
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You can see that I already have some panels
added in for my channel, but let me show you
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how to add your own.
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First, if you need some images to use for
this section, you can use our panel maker
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on NerdOrDie.com to customize each section
- the link will be in the description below.
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Panels typically include information about
the streamer, the schedule theyâll be live,
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chat commands, social media, and donation
or tip information - of course you can put
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whatever youâd like in these panels.
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Remember that donation page we talked about
in a previous video?
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Letâs go ahead and set that up.
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First, letâs turn on edit panels by clicking
this switch.
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To add a new panel, click the big plus.
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You can enter a title for your panel here,
which will appear in plain text, but the image
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that we created will actually act as our header,
so we donât need to add one.
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Letâs click Add Image and upload one of
the new panel images we just downloaded.
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Once itâs uploaded, we can drag around these
boxes to crop if needed.
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Images here can be 320px width by 320px in
height.
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Letâs go ahead and hit done.
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Letâs paste the URL of the page weâd like
to link to in the next section.
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Finally, you can add a description, or text
to include in each panel.
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So, Iâll put - Thanks for watching and deciding
to support my stream!
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To further customize our panels, we can use
markdown, which is a simple formatting language,
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to make our panels look a bit nicer, and add
things like links into this area.
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Letâs click the markdown link.
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If we scroll down a bit we can see the formatting
options that are available.
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The left column shows what we type into our
description box, and the right side displays
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how it will display to our viewers.
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So,let me add in a link to my description.
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To make this easy, Iâll just copy the format
shown in the example.
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Iâll go back to my panel description box,
hit enter to skip down a few spaces, and paste
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in the text I just copied.
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I can change the word inside the brackets
to what Iâd want it to say, so Iâll change
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it to Click here to donate!
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Next, in parentheses put where I want this
to link to.
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Iâll paste in my donation page.
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When youâre done with your design and information
hit submit to save your panel.
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Youâll also be able to remove a panel here
if needed.
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Youâll want to take some time and repeat
this process as needed, to make sure your
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viewers will have all the information youâd
like to share.
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If you ever need to rearrange your panels,
you can simply click and drag them into the
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position that youâd like.
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When weâre all done, letâs turn the switch
to off.
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Sometime you may need to reload your channelâs
page to see all the changes.
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The final thing on this page that we can use
is the channel feed.
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You can click this switch to turn on the feed.
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This is a great way to make Twitter like updates
on your channels page.
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Itâs very useful to let viewers know anything
new thatâs going on with your channel, or
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give them a quick update about any information
you may want to share.
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If your account is linked to Twitter, you
can also share your update to Twitter here,
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by ticking this box.
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Clicking the gear for any updates will allow
you to delete, share, or report any posts.
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The last thing Iâd like to show you before
we go live is how to set up a chat bot to
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moderate our chat messages.
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Thereâs a lot of different chat bots out
there, but letâs go ahead and set up NightBot,
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one of the most popular.
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Head to NightBot.TV and login, letâs login
with our Twitch account.
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The first thing youâll want to do is have
the bot join your chat channel.
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We can do this by hitting Join Channel at
the top.
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Weâll get a message about modding nightbot,
which will give it the capability to timeout
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users, purge links, and more.
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Iâll quickly hop over to my channelâs
chat and type /mod nightbot . If we ever decide
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to stop using Nightbot, we can use /unmod
Nightbot, and go back to the NightBot web
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page and hit Part channel.
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Nightbot offers a lot to your chat channel,
and weâll cover different features in future
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videos, but letâs set up spam protection
- click the link here on the left to go to
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these options.
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Here weâll see different filters we can
enable and disable.
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These options are all pretty straightforward,
so just decide which ones work best for your
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channel.
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Hit enable to turn on any of these filters.
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For example, if we want Nightbot to timeout
anyone that posts a link, we can simply enable
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it here.
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Each filter has its own set of options.
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Letâs take a look at the link options.
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For links, we can set a whitelist of links,
or links from certain domains that weâd
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like to allow.
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Letâs say you want to allow users to post
imgur pictures and YouTube, but no other links.
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We can type in imgur.com on one line, hit
enter, and type youtube.com on the next.
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Now, any links from YouTube and Imgur will
be allowed, but all others will be purged.
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We can also set how long to time users out
for if they posts links.
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Nightbot will always timeout chatters for
5 seconds for the first offense, and then
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the number here is how long chatters will
be timed out for the second offense.
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You can use this drop down to choose an exemption
level, which is useful if you want to allow
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different types of viewers, such as moderators
to do certain things in chat.
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The silent option will tell the bot to not
post any responses if they take action on
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chatters.
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The custom message is what what NightBot will
say in chat if it takes action on a user.
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Iâll go ahead and hit submit.
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As you may see, chat bots can be extremely
useful for new streamers, as it will help
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control what type of environment your chat
has - without you needing to monitor and moderate
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it yourself.
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Worrying about users spamming too many emotes
or links is something that we want out of
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our minds when weâre first starting our
stream.
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Most bots can do a lot more than just moderate
chat and I highly recommend taking the time
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and setting up your chat bot properly.
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Alright, with that, weâre ready to stream!
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In the next video weâll talk about going
live on Twitch, Iâll also share some tips
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I have to help you improve your stream as
well.
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If you have any questions about this video,
let me know in the comments below.
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