Allow Affiliates to edit their prefix.
Editable Emoticon Codes before the Unique Code.
Partners too please, thank you.
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Admin audit: changed "emoticon code" to "prefix" for ease of search.
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itsbethawhat commented
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????
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SilverxxRose1 commented
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.
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Questje commented
Yes, please.
I'd like to change my prefix to Quest or Questje.
For some reason I'm forced into "Questj" now haha. So unnecessary.
Make people able to change the prefix once every ~6 months and make them choose between 4 and 15 characters or something!
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MahinaStonem commented
Kinda weird but my first account my emote prefix I was able to change to whatever I wanted so I changed it to my full account name which was fine. Now with my new account it adds a number behind the first 6 letters and I am not able to change it at all. When did this become a thing? All the other streamers I watch have their full name as the emote prefix...
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Stuntbam commented
What in the HeckingHeckingtons?! A post from 2018 and nothing? Twitch pls.
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SilveraSpectre commented
Even if its still automatic I'd like to at least get a custom prefix without having to change my username.
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TheGamerGoose commented
January 2024 and this is still a MAJOR complaint? Get it together Twitch. First:
-"thegam805" is the stupidest prefix any person or bot could have autogenerated for me. I've literally had people tell me "You should make your emote names shorter, they're too long" when one of them is literally just "thegam805SUS". It's THREE characters, but the prefix is so long that nobody wants to use my emotes. Long prefixes, or prefixes that make zero sense, are barriers to community engagement.Now to echo/emphasize other ideas I've read:
-Give us an option of like 5 auto-generated prefixes (esp because there's so much room for error & offense in cutting off parts of words or adding random numbers)
-Let us pay ONCE for a custom one pre-Partnered (you'd make so much $$)Another Idea:
-Give us a heads up of what our "randomly generated prefix" will/could be while we are changing our name. I'm tempted to do a branding shift, but I'm super concerned about what nightmare of a new prefix I'd be stuck with. And it'd be terrible for name recognition to have to change it all AGAIN in 60 days until I get a decent Branding Combo of Username & Prefix. -
TheMackV commented
I will echo TWO previous comments, and admit that I'd pay Twitch money for a chance to change my emote prefix ONE time.
"themac73" is ridiculous, and as of right now it'll stay that ridiculous until I get Partnered. This is a benefit far too simple to be 100% walled behind full Partnership. Giving Affiliates one single change is more than enough, in my view.
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cabritagaming commented
me parece bien
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The_Simon_Sez commented
I will echo a previous comment, and would be willing to pay to change mine earlier than making partner.
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Tymburlol commented
If they want custom prefix as a reward I understand! Maybe give us a few randomly generated ones to choose from! Having numbers in the emote slots drastically pushes users away from actually enjoying the emotes, and my community has just been pushing for more 3rd party options.
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TheCayoPerico commented
Bumping this although Twitch will never give us the option to choose between a few suggestions as an emote prefix because they like to stick to a random nonsense prefix we all hate. Thanks Twitch, really warm welcome to new streamers who work for you and make money for you.
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Tibberz commented
I find it completely absurd that affiliates cannot change their prefix, that they have to have one assigned to them if they update their name.
I'm sorry Twitch, but it being a "partner benefit" is nonsense. What if it gave someone a prefix that was opposite of their gender identity? This is seriously so wrong on many levels.
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AestheticallyGeeky commented
aesthe24 is pretty annoying. Just let me have "GEEKY", "GEEK", or "AG". It'd be nice to have this ability, man.
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MrSuperfreak commented
Yeah I really hate mine "mrsupe17". Like just let me try options and tell me if it's available or not.
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リックロール commented
I'm known for my long username but everyone calls me 0xW – and I'd be fine if Twitch gave me something like 0xwwww[Emote], but instead they gave me x0xwww[Emote].
Where does the first x even come from? Is it there because the first character is a number and the prefix needs a letter at the beginning?
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[Deleted User] commented
As InfernalDawnn has noted, the fact that the auto-generated prefixes just grab from the start of a username means that they grab adjectives more often than they do a user's actual name.
Allowing all streamers more control over their prefix, even if it's just choosing from a wider variety of auto-generated prefixes for Affiliate, is nothing but an improvement.
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InfernalDawnn commented
Emote prefix should be at least customizable or maybe even be the full Username. Like my name is InfernalDawnn for example, why is my prefix not "Dawnn" with some numbers or just straight up "InfernalDawnn". My prefix is literally "Infern349", when I go by Dawn. And where do these numbers come from? I don't understand why I can't choose it myself, or have at least a little bit of customization.
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woru commented
why is it fair that I was first to claim my own username & be on the platform for years but yet because I don't have a blue check I don't have the right to have my own username as my prefix without an ugly "1" after my name, there's affiliates out there streaming HOURS a day just like partners are & we don't have a right to our own prefix/username in our emotes lmao
id pay to be able to change it i wont lie.
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TheUltimaBass commented
I think currently Affiliates having to have a randomly generated emote prefix is severely irritating and, quite frankly, antiquated. I get that partners should have more flexibility, but being able to choose a prefix for emotes should be something that both affiliates and partners should be able to do.
I don't understand the point of it being locked to partners only and it should be changed to allow affiliates to change to a prefix of their choosing.