Money
Super Chat
YouTube's paid chat messages — pay to pin your message with a colored highlight. YouTube's answer to bits and donations.
Related terms
- Bits
Twitch's virtual currency. Viewers buy Bits and 'cheer' them in chat to support a streamer, who earns about 1 cent per Bit.
- Dono
Chat shorthand for a donation. Text-to-speech donos — messages read aloud on stream — are their own art form and moderation challenge.
- Donation / Tip
Money sent directly to a streamer, usually through a service like StreamElements or Streamlabs, often triggering an on-screen alert.