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Previously I believe that if you were hosting a channel and the hostee received a subscriber/resub the hoster’s chat would recieve a sub/resub notification as well, does that still exist in its prior form or is there a new one?
We only send a re-sub notification to the room of where the user is re-subscribing. See this post for a little more behind the reasoning.
Are you guys worried people will use their resub message to have a chat bot post malicious links in chat? I was thinking it’d be safer to detect a link before having the bot say it in chat. Just something to think about before it potentially becomes a thing.
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the bot would have to sub for at least 2 months to do that which is possible but very unlikely.
But you know how trolly some people get on Twitch. Even if it wasnt a virus type of malicious link it could be some porn or other things that are against the TOS. A moderated bot would be posting in chat.
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I agree to normal users being trolls and potentially use it in a way it’s not meant to be used. I was only referring to bots using it that way.
Chat moderators (and bots) can moderate/timeout these messages in the exact same way as regular chat messages. So the point is moot really…
Edit: well the moderator buttons show up, I’ve not actually tried to moderate/timeout one yet
I’m talking about bots like Nightbot or other moderator bots that welcome resubscriptions and now possibly say what the resub message is in chat. Although it seems like alot of bots are opting out of saying the resub messages and just sticking with the tradition “thanks for resubscribing”.
There’s no reason for the channel bot to repeat a resub attached message. The resub attached message is sent in the clear as per which is a logged out chrome on my phone
Question @DallasNChains what happens if a subscribed that is banned in chat leaves a message with their resub? Logically the message would be dropped but the resub still fires?!
Weird, does Twitch only show the message on mobile then?
Edit: I’m assuming this will updated soon.
You running BTTV? You might be on a outdated version.
But the Resub message is in the clear to everyone. So no need for bots to capture and relay (I was away from computer at the time hence phone)
You’re right, @BarryCarlyon. The message is dropped and resub still fires. 
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Oh that makes sense. It seems like they might be having a problem updating some peoples BTTV though. Alot of the people i ask say they cant see the resub messages with BTTV. I’ve tried removing it and re-adding it but it didnt work.
Might answer some question for everyone.
BTTV doesn’t fully support it yet, it’ll show the re-sub message as a normal message from that person right above the re-sub notification.
Bots with moderator status should never repeat what a normal user has said in chat.
I totally agree, its just that when it came out most people didnt even know it existed and not alot of sub alerts had it supported yet so I decided to have my bots say it. I’ve since removed it completely, not worth the risk.
