How to use subscriber-only chat on YouTube
YouTube made numerous updates to its livestreaming features this week and among them is the option for content creators to put their chat in subscriber-only mode. While this form of moderation has been available on Twitch for a long time, the change for YouTube comes following consistent growth over the past three years. Sub-only chatting on YouTube can be compared to follower-only chat on Twitch. It’s worth pointing out that “Subscribing” on YouTube and Twitch have different meanings. On YouTube, a channel’s subscribers don’t pay a monthly fee the way