YouTube Moderation
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Keep your YouTube chat clean: block words or wildcard patterns, and switch on filters for links, caps, flooding, emoji spam and repeated messages, with exemptions for mods and subs. YouTube has no separate timeout, so Timeout bans for a fixed time.
Before you start#
The bot needs moderator rights in your chat.
Set it up#
Part 1Set filters3 steps
Open the page
In the Studio sidebar, under YOUTUBE, click YouTube Moderation.
Block a word
Type a pattern, pick a severity, click Add.
AutoMod
Turn on AutoMod and choose filters, exemptions and the default timeout.
Every setting explained#
Add banned word
| Pattern | A word or wildcard pattern, e.g. bad*word. |
| Severity | Delete the message, time out, or ban. |
| Timeout (seconds) | Only for the timeout severity. |
AutoMod filters
| AutoMod enabled | Master switch. When off, this does nothing on your server; your settings are kept. |
| Filter links | Removes every link (except whitelisted ones where available). |
| Filter excessive caps | Shouting filter. |
| Anti-flood | Too many messages in a short time. |
| Anti-emoji-spam | Too many emojis in one message. |
| Repeat protection | The same message again. |
| Exempt moderators | Mods are never filtered. |
| Exempt members | Channel members are never filtered. |
| Default timeout (seconds) | Used by AutoMod filters. |
| Caps % threshold | Share of capital letters that counts as shouting. |
| Caps min. length | Shorter messages are ignored by the caps filter. |
| Flood message limit | Messages allowed within the flood window. |
| Flood window (seconds) | Time window for the flood filter. |
| Max. emojis | More emojis than this counts as spam. |
| Repeat window (seconds) | Same message again within this time is removed. |
| Link whitelist (comma-separated domains) | Links to these domains are always allowed. |
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