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.
  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    10 days ago

    reddit is tackling the lowest hanging fruit of bots and users, not the propaganda bots, that helps reddits engagement.

    youtube stopped moderating, except anything that is not “child friendly”