Use Live Chat and Moderation During a Broadcast

Live Broadcast reuses QCLF’s common live-message stream, content policy, mentions, reporting, Lock, Slow Mode, lifecycle controls, and archive conversion while Host media runs independently beside it.

Broadcast moderation intentionally differs from standalone Live Chat: the current 1.1.27 Broadcast UI does not expose participant Mute or live-message Delete controls.

Use Broadcast Chat

  1. Join the active Broadcast with a signed-in account allowed by participate.broadcast.
  2. Send plain-text live Messages subject to the same 2,000-character/content-policy/cooldown rules as other live sessions.
  3. Use @mentions when the Category Mentions feature is enabled and the mentioned member is available in the participant context.
  4. Use Report on inappropriate live content when report.content permits it.

Available Host/Moderator Controls

  • Lock Chat blocks ordinary participant sending while the Broadcast/media continues; Host/authorized moderation bypass remains available.
  • Slow Mode changes the session delay but cannot reduce it below the configured global live-message delay.
  • End/Extend use the common lifecycle for authorized Host/moderators.
  • The frontend Moderation workspace and report records remain the durable moderation path for reported content.

Controls Intentionally Not Offered

The Broadcast render path sets live-message Delete and participant Mute unavailable. Mute is explicitly limited to standalone Live Chat, and Broadcast message rows do not render Delete controls. This prevents chat-only viewers from being treated as microphone publishers and keeps Broadcast moderation aligned with the current product design.

Media and Chat Fail Independently

Host media transport and live-message polling are separate. A Host Live reconnect does not erase chat, and a message/presence polling problem is not used as proof that Host media is still active.

Community Discussion

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