Please Improve the Verified Badge Policy
I believe that the Verified Badge is misinterpreted and should definitely be reworked. I am of the opinion that this badge is interpreted as a partner badge. Because currently only partners get this badge, this should be changed in my opinion. In fact users should also qualify for this badge if they are not a partner. So that also the following users are also eligible:
- Users who are Twitch Partners.
- Users who are Twitch Affiliates.
- Users who are Twitch Developers.
I mean: Users who have completed the onboarding, to confirm the identity. Furthermore you could confirm the identity at twitch events to have a two factor process (id check). That it is really this person.
I'm quoting from the Apr 24, 2017 article on Twitch: "We will be developing a policy on which additional users might qualify for this badge in the coming months."
That was several years ago and nothing has changed.
Greetings
GhostZero // Twitch Extension Developer

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CoolcatTerri commented
I disagree. Affiliate is very easy to obtain compared to Partner and there is a much higher percentage of affiliates than partners. Give affiliates and devs a different badge than partners.
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BenSciandGames commented
I think an affiliate badge would be a good idea something to distinguish non affiliates from affiliates and from partners I don't have and idea for a design maybe a red x mark or something else
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dazeroh commented
I don't think this is a good direction. I think most people understand what it is after seeing it a couple times.
I think that identity confirmation is important though, so instead of a badge, i think that it should be all handled individually by each channel through a setting. Currently we have one identity confirmation setting and it does one thing, and that's you must have a verified email to chat. If we had more options here with further identity verification, it'd fix most problems. -
ItsLittany commented
Even if the badge for developers is different from the purple tick it would be a good idea
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AriunaTV commented
It's a great idea! At the beginning I thought this badge is representing, that this user has varified his or her identity. I was really confused when I heard it's a badge which only partners have. :(
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Michael Woods commented
I think this is a great idea.