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Account Management

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  1. As everyone knows, the ability to change usernames has recently come out. However, a few months ago I came across people changing their localized display names. I decided to change it myself, and on the Twitch information page on localized display names (https://blog.twitch.tv/localized-display-names-e00ee8d3250a#.n56ey7691) it is NOT noted that this is a permanent feature. When I changed mine, I did not know I was unable to change it back, and I expect that there was a warning in Japanese (as you have to change to the language to change it), but I cannot read Japanese and when I used…

    64 votes

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  2. On February 13th, 2015, all remaining Justin.tv accounts were deleted, yet all the usernames that were used back then are still locked. I would really love to have one of those usernames to start broadcasting on Twitch.

    26 votes

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  3. Make it a paid option so no trolls can mess around with the names and impersonate others easily. I'd be down to pay a $20 for a name change.

    This is a solid option and Twitch deserves it.

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