Is it possible to create a custom YouTube Nightbot command to pause all chat (except for Mods maybe?) for a set time, say 2 or 3 minutes? We recently had an “invasion” of non-English speakers and it took us a bit to use Google translate to figure-out that it wasn’t a spam bot but real comments.
Hey @glenn_gilmer!
As far as I know, there’s no such thing on YouTube as moderation tools that pause the chat for everyone except mods, so that would not be possible.
That being said, that’s what chat rules are here for: request for people to talk English. If they don’t, have your mods remind them of the rules. They don’t follow them still? Time them out while you figure out if they’re spamming or not.
There’s apparently an option to turn off the chat completely, in case you have too many people spamming, you could copy their messages, and turn the chat off to figure out their intentions.
Link to documentation: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9826490
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