Free inactive usernames after a time period.
We’re reviewing this. Curious how long you think would be ok.
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Chiffi commented
I hope they will add a feature that gives unused names free after a certain time...
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Moster Fresby commented
Endless good names are just sitting around with 200 views max.... I mean come on. These people are little kids who thought, "Oh i'm gonna play video games all day and be a sensation like summit1g!!!" In reality a lot of us who are artists and do other things want these names that haven't been used and some for YEARS. Please start recycling names that are deleted, violated terms, or are inactive for 6+ months.
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Slater commented
Why is twitch so strict with usernames? Looking at their help page https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1015624-username-rename-and-recycling-policies shows that in essence once a username is takeing its never avalable again, even if the account is errased. I currently am after a Username that is in use by someone that looks to have made an account a long time ago just as a test, it is following one channel, has no videos, no past broadcasts and no bio info. It sucks that now i cant get that name because someone a while back made an account on a whim
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Isa commented
I've tried registering all possible variations of my name and nothing. All of them are also supposedly available, but when it comes to registering I'm not allowed to. Please make unused usernames available, there's so many people interested in using them. I really wanted to grow a channel without having to use a silly made up username that means nothing to me as a streamer and more importantly, does not represent me.
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Anonymous commented
You've been reviewing this over a year now. Any decision yet?
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Alex D. Guerrieri commented
I have my username blocked from JustinTV too, it's really a pain!
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Jan-Stefan Janetzky (GottZ) commented
justin.tv was shut down a while ago now. at least make them available now since it is impossible to migrate them nowdays and all they do is taking away lots of names. (even one i want for persistence)
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Jan-Stefan Janetzky (GottZ) commented
:/ this is a thing. seriously.
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Bret Brizzee commented
Signed up to Justin.tv with my primary online identity many years ago. Very sad I am not allowed to reuse that identity here at Twitch due to database dependencies. =(
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Mark commented
Been waiting for this for some time. I don't even remember creating a JTV account but my regular username (that I use for everything) is indeed tied to my email address. I will continue holding out on creating a Twitch account until I can use that username again. I think it seems pretty ridiculous that these can't be released, or at least reused with the same email address or something.
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Here in my garage commented
Just free the unused nicknames already ffs. I have a big Youtube channel where I own the name I want, same for twitter, instagram, everything except Twitch. I refuse to add some stupid numbers or something on my nickname so I can register, it kills my SEO and looks ugly.
I could be able to bring traffic (money) to this site, but my nickname was registered years ago by someone else which has 0 views on his profile... good business Twitch.
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Anonymous commented
Really wish this was a thing. There's a username that only has 1 view(me) no followers, and not following anyone. Literally just holding the name. It wasn't even available when twitch launched because it was a justin.tv account. Life's hard.
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Anonymous commented
At this point, what is the point of all those Justin.tv accounts if they can no longer be retrieved? I feel those are definitely the most inactive of usernames.
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bzkormah commented
I think 15 months is fair. After 12 months of inactivity the user receives emails saying their account will be deactivated if they do not log in. It could work like this:
12 months you get an email
30 days later, a reminder
30 days later, a reminder
15 days later, another reminder
7 days later, another reminder
4 days later: "Warning your account will be deactivated in 72 hours if you do not login!" -
Anonymous commented
1year+time the account was active i.e the account was active for 8 months from the time of creation to the last time of log-in 12+8=20 months
channels that were partnered at anytime never become unlocked.
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Fukrevenge commented
I've been waiting for a user name that has had no activity for +4 years easily and can't understand why I'm being refused requests at this point.
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Anonymous commented
why cant i make an acc this time?
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MedRedInc commented
If an account is inactive, it stays that way indefinitely. If someone requests the name of an account inactive for a time period (at least 2-3 years), the original person is emailed with a warning. They would then have 6-12 months to resume activity or their name would be in jeopardy.
That being said, there would need to be a mechanic where someone could suspend their account for a time period without being in jeopardy of losing their name. This would aid twitch users that may not have access to twitch because of a military assignment, studying abroad, and other forms of life getting in the way.
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Abweichung commented
Is there any update to this yet? It's been 1 year to the day that this was marked as under review.
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OSaV commented
I'd suggest making a name available for the pickups after a month of inactivity, but without deleting the account. Basically if the name does indeed get taken after that month, the user of the taken name gets to choose a new one on their first log on.
I saw this sort of mechanism in several places before.
You can also set up so that the followers of the account that has lost its name get an automated message and/or email, and the account gets temporarily suspended (until holder decides on a new name) or renamed to some random gibberish (randomly generated usernames. Temporarily, of course).