Mixer streams are about to level up, as Mixer has announced some new features, highlighted by a new system which is intended to improve validation and monitoring of new Mixer streamers.
Mixer released a community update this week which announced the new Streamer Review system, which will make a streamer wait 24 hours before streaming with a camera, improving the vetting system of new streamers heading to the platform. Streamers will be required to do this in order to get a new stream key needed to start broadcasting again.
“Starting on September 4th at 10 AM PDT, if you stream to Mixer from PC or mobile, or if you use a camera while streaming on Xbox through native broadcasting, you will be prompted to renew your stream key on Mixer.com. Here’s what you need to do:
- On your browser, sign into Mixer with your linked Microsoft Account (MSA).
- Navigate to your “Broadcast Dashboard” page, and click on the “Broadcast” tab.
- Select “Get Started” inside the “Broadcast” tab.
- Watch the required Mixer Safety Video.
- Once video is complete, your account will enter a 24-hour review period.
- Once the 24-hour countdown is complete, return to your “Broadcast” tab to read and sign the Streamer Pledge.
- Congratulations, you have received your new stream key! You can now leverage your stream key to continue streaming on Mixer.”
Additionally, a higher level of moderation is being added as well, which will give streamers to block chatters who fail to meet a certain Mixer level in an effort to cut down on trolling.
“Chat Restrictions. At Mixer, we love to encourage interaction between our streamers and viewers. With this feature, we’re providing more choice on who can interact with your channel. You’ll be able to restrict the ability of some users to chat in your channel, according to different criteria that you can set. When you flip the “Restrict Chat Access” switch on, you will have the ability to set a specific channel rank restriction on who can chat, ranging from 1 to 100. For example, if you set the level to 30, only users who have reached level 30 or higher in your channel can join in on the conversation; everyone else will stay muted.
Catbot Moderation Level. This provides more control over what Catbot is filtering out of the chat. In addition to the “Very Low”, “Low”, “Medium”, and “High” options already present, you now have the ability to allow more leniency toward those who are followers and subscribers in your chat by selecting the “Follower Curve” and “Subscriber Curve” options, respectively. You can even get much more granular by flipping the “Catbot Mode” switch on. Once you do, you will have the ability to configure the range of auto-moderation based upon the level users have achieved in their chat.”
While the chat moderation and restriction tools went live on Monday, the Streamer Review System will be available on September 4th, with an early opt-in period beginning on August 28th.
