Many streamers are currently being flooded by bots. There are no adequate filter mechanisms such as Captcha or other authentication methods that probe the creation of multiple fake accounts.

Twitch should use a secure authentication method for account creation as soon as possible so that so-called bot accounts and fake accounts can no longer be created in the future.

These bots make it unnecessarily difficult for honest streamers to apply for a partnership. In addition, it is almost impossible for streamers to prove that they have not bought or deliberately used any bots such as follower bots.

Dear community, please share this suggestion as best you can so that Twitch takes active and timely action against the urgent problem of bot attacks.

Guys please read all of this and vote if you want this to happen. Much Appreciated.

There is a problem for years with any other TWITCH STREAMER especially who are AFFILIATES that they want a USERNAME of their choice but its been taken and used already by any other viewer who is not a streamer or anything. So, to solve this problem here is an idea and I know we all want this. So the idea is that when somebody SIGNUP on TWITCH they will get a RANDOM USERNAME including of random numbers and random alphabets generated by TWITCH. They are normal account and they can do anything like STREAM or WATCH other STREAMERS but they just have random username and if they STREAM, once they get AFFILIATE then they will have the OPTION to have their own CUSTOM USERNAME of their choosing or liking and this thing also implies on EXISTING ACCOUNTS that are NOT AFFILIATES. This can solve the username not available problem for AFFILIATE STREAMERS. and the VIEWERS who just WATCH other streamers DON'T need a CUSTOM USERNAME because they don't need any kind of visibility or exposure they are on twitch just to watch but a STREAMER who is AFFILIATE need exposure and visibility and a CUSTOM USERNAME of their choice. So please TWITCH make this happen and its a problem for many years and many AFFILIATE STREAMERS are facing this issue including me and all of this suggestion or idea I think is the thing we all need and its a valid idea and I love to hear on this from you guys please TWITCH make this happen. I LOVE STREAMING ON TWITCH. LOVE and THANK YOU TWITCH.

I have wanted to change my twitch username multiple times, but I have decided against it because I do not want to have to go through the process of reintroducing myself to everyone that I have met previously in chats and talk them through me changing username. I am a moderator in multiple channels, and it would create a cluster if I completely changed my username. I think there should be an option when you change your username to TEMPORARILY put your old username in parenthesis next to your new username to avoid this issue. (An example of what I mean, New Username (old username): Hey guys hows everyone doing today!) I have talked about this idea in multiple chats and it seems to be well received. Many people that I have talked to have expressed the same feelings when it comes to changing their username, and I think being able to temporarily have your old username attached to your new username could relieve a lot of those problems!

   I am suggesting an idea which would utilize having set up 2FA using a phone number to count for chat verification as well.
   I was in a raid but when I got to the destination streamer I couldn't send messages in the chat even though I had followed that channel.  I got a message saying that I couldn't chat because my account wasn't verified.  I clicked on the little info icon, and it explained it and I was able to get into chat fine.
   I was confused though, because I have had my Twitch account set up with 2FA using my phone number for a while, easily more than 3 months.  I thought that would suffice as enough for having my account verified.  I was really confused when the system gave me the verification code to use before I had entered my phone number to the system.  I know that's because of how Google Authenticator works, but still confusing that it worked.
   I'm just thinking that, because the layers of security are identical for setting up 2FA and chat verification, fulfilling one requirement could be counted as fulfilling the other.  I don't think this would decrease security at all but it would improve the user experience.  I know that it would take some coding work to make that happen, but I think the time would be worth it.

My church is on twitch and a gentleman who set up the account and cameras also created the twitch account. I do the camera work, though, during the services.

Last week, the laptop we use to monitor the stream decided it wanted to verify it was us. I logged in and asked my partner to check his email and give me the code. He had forgotten his phone. Ugh.

It would be nice to choose options on how we want to get code: text or email. I could use my phone number to get the code that way and he can use his email to get the code. Having only one method is not very convenient.