at the very least, we should be given a couple options to pick from. My prefix is msashle, which is stupid. AshBing, MsBing, MsAshBing all would have been fine.

my entire emote prefix is cieles1Ciel(emote) this is so crazy long and I didnt even know it was like that until after I uploaded my emotes

To the person that said you can edit the prefix after changing your name: the changing of your username does it automatically. You cannot edit it yourself.

Apparently we can change prefixes when we edit usernames? but my UN is fine, I recently made affiliate and the selected prefix is klunky.

LET US EDIT AFTER REACHING AFFILIATE ONCE. easy fix. Just one after reaching Affilate.

being able to change my emote prefix as an affiliate without changing my screen name would be great as my current prefix is zeypho which sounds horrible with tts

Who needs to be notified for this to have attention? Freakin' Hasan? MoistCrit1kal? Ludwig? Kai C-gnat? Some other large streamer I can't think of? What will it take for the affiliates to have some more autonomy?

Can we maybe get thoughts on the idea at least?

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Almost 8 years later from when this post was created and this is still an issue. My prefix is "x1upca1". Not only did I get an extra 1 at the end instead of a "d", but I also got a random "x" added to the beginning and had no way around this when I had changed my username years ago. Twitch needs to provide more flexibility on this. Partners can pick any prefix they want. Why not give Affiliates the ability to choose with a minimum of 6 characters, then use a check to make sure there's no duplicate. Seems like the simplest and most common way to implement a way to not have randomly generated prefixes and in my case doesn't match very well to my username 1upCAD.

I 2nd this, My name is AlexxSeven, at the very least I could have had the prefix Alexx7 if a dumb number was needed to be added but no, it gave me alexxs4 which not only ISN'T me but i never once had a 4 in my name. annoying that we can't change it at all.

I'll add my two cents in, though it's an echo of what's already been said NUMEROUS times (and ignored by Twitch just as many...):

Let Affiliates change their dang prefix already! Just because I'm able to change mine from elvenh3 to ElvnHnt or something like that, doesn't put at the same tier of anything as a partner. I know I'll never see that level of Twitch-dom. There's absolutely zero "benefit" to be gained by partners from having access to that "special ability."

Please allow affiliates to personalize our emote prefix! I work really ******* my stream and feel like this ruins the pun atmosphere I am trying to foster!

i would like to join with an affiliate program.

@sunrise seagull I don’t see how that would make sense at all. Getting stuck with one random prefix is also bad enough, but having to choose between three, and each one could be worse than the last, knowing how twitch goes, so you’re just having to choose the lesser of three evils, doesn’t make anything better. Why should it stay as partner only?

Absolutely zero reason this should be “partner only” as custom emotes are unlocked for affiliates as well. No one is chasing partner for the ability to change their emote prefix. It’s basic functionality.

I think its definitly a good to patch something! But it is very important that it stays a privilege to get partner. So i would definitly rework it but the privilege to change and costumize it should stay for Partners only. But the rework is important because sometimes the prefixes doesnt represent the channel at all with the short prefix and thats horrible as a streamer. I would suggest, that Affiliates should have the possibility to choose between lets say 3 different prefixes. And you can only change it with the general Name Change

OG Post 03/08/2018.... Today is 08/20/2024 - Still "partner only" and I'm curious who exactly does this benefit? Partners already have plenty of quality-of-life improvements for a dedicated audience. Meanwhile, affiliates who are working on growth continue to work through basic struggles such as this.

If Twitch was serious about improving user experience and aiding smaller streamers in their growth I believe this would have been addressed sooner. This is a major gap in a long-standing and valued branding resource.

big agree. i'd like for viewers to be able to easily type in the name of an emote, especially on mobile, and it feels less-than-quick with the random number in there. plus, on a possibly less important note, i'm certain i'm not alone when i say i put a lot of work into streamlining my channel's aesthetic, and weirdly, the prefix throws it off & feels less professional.

i agree with the previous comments asking to have it be like the username change - give it a character limit & type in options until we find one that isn't taken. i'd also be among those to volunteer to pay to change it pre-partner. with all the usernames out there, we are basically forced to create weird names and this forces an even weirder auto-generated prefix on us! if i'd known twitch was going to make the prefix for me with no option to edit, i would have changed my username first. it just seems unnecessarily gatekeep-y to have it be a partner benefit, because how many affiliates never see partner, you know?

it's 2024, and this isn't resolved. twitch are you there????

I just recently reached affiliate status and the prefix they gave me was twitch3988.... how is this in anyway similar to my username? I updated my username too and it still wants to give me something with twitch and random numbers. I contacted support and was basically told sucks to suck. Was not in anyway helpful. Several of my friends reached affiliate status too and their prefixes match their username and I'm over here stuck with twitch3988.