Twitch launches anti-bot crackdown and viewership numbers plummet across the platform overnight
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  • 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.
  • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    11 days ago

    Making accusations in this way is kinda dirty

    Dude was caught paying to break the hype train record, view botting would be very plausible.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      210·
      11 days ago

      And stating that would have negated my point, and I would have never replied to the comment.