Verified status for everyone and /verifiedonly chat mode
I would appreciate a very helpful feature for a lot of streams.
Feature/Requirements:
1) Make verifications and a verified status available for every user
2) Mark verified users with a badge on the profile page
3) Mark verified users with a badge in the chat
4) Implement a /verifiedonly chat mode
5) Link multiple accounts to the same verification
Pros:
With the above mentioned features Twitch would become a safer and nicer place for everyone.
With the option for users to verify their accounts with their ID card, driver's license, or Amazon account and a chat mode for verified users only, a lot of spam, scam, harmful behavior, and ban evasions could be prevented. A chat ban of a verified account results in a ban for all the accounts linked to the same verification. Also a platform ban of a verified account results in a ban for all the accounts linked to the same verification. This procedure would make ban evasion more harder.
Cons:
This would result in a higher administration effort.
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ogaboogawakanda commented
I haven’t been able to chat for the past two days because of this
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unabletohype commented
thx, that you let me use this as experiment, without any notification to me or to the streamer, without any optout method - hey, what can go wrong? i dont want this, no the experiment, not this idea - i sit here (this **** is now running 24 hours) and can not chat. great job, nice one.
so question, when i dont want you give my telefon number and i can not chat, for what i need a sub? or a twitch account?
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kkomrade555 commented
Yesterday i was forced to Verify my Account with my Phone Number in Order to use any Chat on Twitch even when the Streamer himself/herself didn`t enable this "Feature" I saw other People on these Chats talking and the Streamers but noone did talk about that Feature being enabled now everywhere and i couldnt ask them either in the Chat before Verifying my Phone Number so i was really wondering why in **** i seem to be the only one having to Verify my Phone Number...if this was an Experiment from Twitch i wish they would have at least informed the People who were unwilling Participants in this Experiment...i was very confused and People didn't believe me either...they were like what the **** are you talking about we didn`t enable this Feature...also didn`t get any response from TwitchSupport on Twitter. Who does stuff like this it was so very unpleasant im a Years Long Customer...dont treat me like this.
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Shayne_aaron commented
Top. Damit könne Leute die hassrede, frauenfeindliche inhalte, Drohungen schreiben oder betrug/abzocke (scams) betreiben direkt von twitch gebannt werden und auch angezeigt werden.👍
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ValiantGoat commented
uhh no thanks
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AstralGeminorum commented
Would be great to have the verification mark like it can be a different colour to partner so it will be easier to identify between bots and real people chatting and knowing that its a proper account then an AI one controlled by a bot, to keep our community safe from potential scammed by these bots.
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PFLIEGERZ commented
Absolutely not.
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Lunar_Umbra commented
I will never provide an entity like Twitch with personal identity information. This kind of requirement is exceeding the scope of their service. KYC (know your customer or client) is most often implemented by entities that are financial in nature. What are viewers to gain by providing this kind of identity information that has not already been available. By going down this path Twitch will be creating additional barriers for new and current viewers, which will be a detriment to their experience.
Casual viewers on Twitch rarely go beyond watching streams and brief interactions in chat. When I am viewing a stream that has "Verified Accounts Only Chat" enabled I feel less interested, as a layer of interaction is essentially locked out.
I have the Authy 2FA enabled on my account, it is also linked to my Amazon account and yet this is not enough to fulfill the verification requirement. It still has a separate data field for a mobile phone number... that is unacceptable. My mobile number is strictly for personal and business use, not for identity verification on a social media platform whose security is a big question mark.
Asking anything more than that for casual viewers is excessive and boarders on intrusive. This level of personal data is something that Twitch has no valid reason to access.
Edit: comment - SMS is not a legitimate security measure for second factor authentication. In the last couple of years with the proliferation of crypto currency, there have been numerous mass SIM swapping campaigns pushed upon exposed mobile numbers, often not even involving the owner. Social engineering manipulating weaknesses in the mobile providers account management have permitted hijacking of numbers by malicious parties.
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ms_nabunabu commented
I would not want to send my documents to twitch.
I think Twitch should give users more power to fight spam WITHOUT needing Twitch to babysit us:
https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310201-chat/suggestions/44137323-solve-chat-spam-use-chat-groups-and-comment-upvot -
yobson commented
Absolutely not
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brightshadow commented
requiring 2fa is a better idea, do you *really* want twitch holding on to a scan of your driver's license? that's one data breach away from the whole internet having a scan of your driver's license.
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Janne "Lietu" Enberg commented
Cons: Twitch would become a repository of very detailed personal data for hundreds of millions of users, making it a very interesting hack target.
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twitch.tv/MonicaElleRose commented
i love this suggestion, i had a similar notion with 2fa. this should be looked at by twitch!!! i support any suggestion on this platform that makes it safer for streamers.
i think of a lot of possible ways even automatic ways are possible to verify a user account -
This_is_moO commented
Nice Idea. I like it !
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JustSirMike commented
That would be awesome
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I_Meecrob_I commented
Great Idea.
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Hacky1988 commented
+1
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lebkuche commented
-1
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DatSchattenwolf commented
+1
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insideandrew commented
+1