I got a timeout — what now?
Don’t worry. Here is how to get back to chatting without making things worse.
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Do
- Wait for the timeout to end. You can keep watching the stream the whole time.
- Re-read the pinned chat rules so it doesn’t happen again.
- Come back with a fresh, friendly message.
Don’t
- Don’t make a second account to keep chatting — that can turn a timeout into a permanent block.
- Don’t argue with moderators in other places like comments.
- Don’t spam the same message once the timeout ends.
Think it was a mistake?
Moderators are elves too, and sometimes they get it wrong. Let the timeout finish, then reach out to our support channel calmly with the time it happened.
Elf tip: Repeated timeouts can lead to being hidden from the channel’s chat, so it’s worth slowing down.