Highlight engaging or exciting comments and reply to viewers in the Public chat during a live stream.
Who: Hosts and producers
Plan: Live, Webinar, and Business
Device: Computer browser
Highlight comments
- Start a live stream.
- On the right side panel, click Chat.
- Click Public chat.
- When you see a comment you want to highlight, hover over it.
- Click Show on stream.
You can adjust the timer to how long you want the comment to appear on screen.
The comment appears at the bottom of your studio to all viewers. - If you want to remove the comment before the timer is up, or if you didn't set a timer at all, hover over the comment in the chat and click Hide.
Reply to comments
- Start a live stream.
- On the right side panel, click Chat.
- Click Public chat.
- In the text box, type your message.
- Click Send.
The message is posted in the Riverside public chat and in each channel that supports omnichat replies.
If a viewer sends a message back, it will be visible to you in the Riverside public chat.
Good to know
- The highlighted comment is visible to anyone who enters the studio and is included in the live streams. It appears in the cloud recording, but not in the individual high-quality tracks.
- Only comments of 200 characters or less can be shown in the stream.
- If a producer sends a message in the public chat, the message appears to viewers as if it was sent by the host.