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We look at Discord's Streamer Mode to see how it can save you from sharing personal information with your loyal viewers
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Discord has rapidly grown to global popularity, cleverly combining the best features of TeamSpeak, IRC, and Skype, into one easy-to-use, social platform.
Whilst Discord started as a place to communicate with teammates in games that required more intricate teamwork, it soon evolved into something much more advanced. It now offers a whole host of cool and exciting features, all tailored to make your experience that little bit greater – the latest being Discord’s Streamer Mode.
Anyone can become a content creator these days. It doesn’t exactly take a super expensive build to start streaming to thousands of people on YouTube or Twitch. It’s much more simple these days. That said, with an increase in popularity across both streaming and viewerships, it’s no surprise to see applications like Discord release features tailored to protecting your data during streams.
In the following article, we’ll be taking a closer look at Discord’s latest feature, Streamer Mode. We’ll be seeing what data it covers, how it can be used, and how to enable it during your streams.
So, let’s waste no further time and dive straight into it!
Annoyingly, when you decide to stream your game, you aren’t just streaming your favorite FPS or MOBA title. You’re also streaming everything else that crops up on your display – including private messages and popups. Whilst this probably isn’t a huge problem for some individuals, bigger streamers that have a few million followers may feel obligated to protect their data.
Picture it, you’re streaming to 20,000 viewers, and all of a sudden, your buddy’s private message pops up with some intimate information that definitely shouldn’t be shared to that many strangers on the internet. Things could get messy real quick. For that reason, Discord decided to create Streamer mode.
Streamer mode is Discord’s safety facility that changes what your viewers can see when enabled. It blocks popups, private messages, and invitations that could be abused by some viewers. By hiding personal information, it allows streamers to still utilize Discord to the fullest during streams – even letting you go onto your Discord server without giving away any personal information.
But, what exactly do you mean when you say, “personal details”? Below we have outlined all the major information that Discord’s Streamer Mode suppresses during a live stream.
Now that we have a better understanding of what Discord’s Stream mode is, and how it can be used to increase the safety of your streaming, let’s quickly go over how to enable this feature.
Before enabling Discord’s Streamer mode, you will need to integrate the streaming software with Discord. Luckily, this process is fairly simple, so let’s start there:
Most people who stream will be using Open Broadcasting Software (OBS) or something similar. OBS is a freeware streaming kit that integrates seamlessly with Discord. Once connected, you’ll have the freedom to customize settings and allow the streaming of your Discord chat and voice communications.
To do this, you’ll simply have to download and install the application you plan to use. In this case, we’ll use OBS. Once finished downloaded, OBS will notify you that it wants to gain access to your Discord application. Once approved, you’ll be able to customize the overlay in a way that suits your specific needs.
You can also use other applications such as Xsplit if OBS is a little limited.
Once Discord has been synchronized to your streaming application, the only thing left to do is enable Streamer mode.
It’s as easy as that. If you’re using OBS or something similar, by selecting the ‘Automatically Enable/Disable’ option, you’ll never have to worry about physically enabling the mode again. It will automatically enable on the launch of a synchronized application.
You can also set keybinds by clicking the ‘Keybinds settings’ option. This allows you to set a toggle button on your keyboard for enabling/disabling Streamer Mode
So, there you have it, our quick guide on how to use Streamer Mode on Discord. Thankfully, the process is pretty easy. And by enabling it, you’ll no longer have to worry about unveiling private information to the hundreds, or thousands, of people that are watching your stream.
If you have any questions regarding Discord, check out our How To Use Discord page for a full list of all our individual guides on the subject, grouped by category.