As a streamer, you can choose to delay messages in the chat, to let some time to moderators to delete messages before they can even be read by other participants.
Please note that messages sent by moderators will also be delayed, to avoid them to respond to messages that are not even visible by other participants.
On the [channel configuration page](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/streamers/channel), you can set the "{{% livechat_label moderation_delay %}}" option:
![Screenshot of the channel option form, with a field to configure the moderation delay.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/moderation_delay_channel_option.png?classes=shadow,border&height=400px "Channel configuration / Moderation delay")
Setting the value to a positive integer will set the delay, in seconds, to apply to messages.Please avoid setting the value too high.Ideally it should not exceed a few seconds (4 or 5 seconds for example).
To modify the value for an already existing room, just open the room "configuration" menu (on top of the chat window), and change the moderation delay value in the configuration form.
Currently, this feature has one known bug: users that join the chat will get all messages, even messages that are still pending for other participants.However, messages sent after they joined will be delayed correctly.
![Screenshot of a chat message. A timer is displayed next to the message datetime. The timer is in seconds.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/moderation_delay_timer.png?classes=shadow,border "Moderation delay timer")
This page describes the behaviour of livechat versions >= 10.0.0. There were some changes in the way we manage access rights for Peertube administrators and moderators.
You can use a chat bot, that will help you for moderation.Check [the chat bot documentation](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/streamers/bot) for more information.