YouTube Live Chat Enhancement

Makes chat easier to read for streamers and moderators by filtering and highlighting chat messages.
What is YouTube Live Chat Enhancement?
The 'YouTube Live Chat Enhancement' is a Chrome extension specifically designed to augment the chat experience on live streams on YouTube. It offers a range of functionalities that simplify chat moderation and increase readability. These include features for filtering out specific users or commands, deleting or retracting messages, and highlighting specific users or specific words. It also has a unique feature to auto-reveal deleted messages to ensure proper moderation. These functionalities can be easily accessed with the help of two buttons added to the top of the chat section in the live stream interface.

Extension stats

By: sirvival
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 3.75 (16)
Version: 1.43 (Last updated: 2019-07-06)
Creation date: 2019-07-05
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 99.69K

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Extension summary

YouTube Live Chat Enhancement

Allows for the option to: Filtering out chat from specific users (ie: Nightbot) or !commands. Completely remove deleted/retracted chat messages. Use a hotkey to highlight the most recent chat message so you will know where to you left off. Highlight special users who you don't want to miss

For mods out there is an option to: Auto reveal deleted chat messages so it's easier to make sure the right things are being deleted. Highlight certain words to bring attention to things that might need to be moderated.

To use this extension simply open up a gaming.youtube.com stream and you will notice two new buttons at the top of the chat allowing you to enable "Filtering" and "Moderation" options.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simple and easy setup
  • Helps in moderating chat efficiently
  • Works well for specific functions
  • Convenient tool for moderators
Cons
  • Causes browser lag and freezing
  • Crashes the page after highlights load
  • Mod chat function often renders tab useless
  • Does not work as intended for live chat defaults
  • Limited integration with other YouTube platforms
Most mentioned
  • Freezes or crashes the tab
  • Issues with mod chat features
  • Comparisons to Better YouTube Live
  • Convenience for moderating chat
  • Request for additional filtering options
Recent reviews
The features would be great but the extension freezes on the livestream page often
by LMR Team, 2024-09-07

Great in theory, set up is simple and easy—but it immediately crashes my page after highlights load in.
by Azure, 2022-12-01

Its a Good tool but its makes my browser lag badly
by Merlin Wolf, 2022-07-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

YouTube Live Chat Enhancement requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

YouTube Live Chat Enhancement has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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