- Twitch’s new anti-bot system caused viewer counts to nosedive across hundreds of channels, with some losing over half their displayed audience.
- Channels running 24/7 reruns saw the biggest drops, with Mira falling from 2,000+ to under 200 viewers overnight.
- The cleanup affects sponsorship deals and ad rates since brands have been paying premium prices for audiences that were partially fake.
He paid a close associate
a few thousand dollars(I don’t remember how much it actually was), and the associate then donated that same amount of money for the hype train. It’s basically just a method to conceal it