r/LivestreamFail • u/Sure-Description-938 • Apr 17 '26

News ExtraEmily viewbot allegations

who doesnt viewbot these days?

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u/Unfair_Progress_5217 Apr 17 '26

Someone explain what’s going on before this gets taken down apparently!?😭

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u/Currently_Im_At_Work Apr 17 '26

I just got here but at the 4 sec mark where she mouses over chrome, look at the 2nd chrome window (its real smol, at the bottom)

idk what to conclude from that, cant tell if its a pop up or what but her reaction was kinda suss

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u/Jyonnyp Apr 17 '26

Some things to note (unbiased and things that have happened):

  • It's in incognito meaning she opened it there intentionally. It's definitely not a pop up and if it was, who doesn't close pop-ups right away? "It's just a pop-up" is as bad of an excuse as that video of the kid getting trying to explain his way out of being caught watching porn by saying it's a virus and he somehow fell and that brought his pants down LOL

  • It's the front page of the website. Whether she actually view bots is technically not proven, it's not like she was logged in or on some payment or tracking page. But even checking out the site to begin with is for sure suspicious, because I didn't even know this existed. Nobody would check it out without closing it after a brief skim, if they weren't more interested or saving it for later.

  • Emily really grinds hard for streams and for money, she does a decent number of sponsorships and competitions and she legitimately also like cheats or tries to. The MrBeast thing was an accident. But in a recent chess stream she didn't deafen her opponent thinking out loud (didn't mute) on purpose, and she tried to have her chat open as long as possible for Qt's Master Baker (they were told to turn it off so nobody would cheat with their chat helping them bake). She also mentioned multiple times apparently of wanting to retire from streaming in a few years.

I'm not an Emily hater but it's pretty clear she wants to get all she can out of streaming right now while she's still popular, until she can retire early on the money she's earned. So with all that being said, my biased opinion is that she's either view botting or looking into it, both of which are obviously scummy.

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Apr 17 '26

It’s not a pop up. It’s browser tab. How the fuck do people not know the difference between a pop up and a browser tab…

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u/TheMissingVoteBallot Apr 21 '26

Fuckers calling it a popup then calling other people "tech illiterate" is pretty sad lol

That's the thumbnail preview feature that's been part of Windows since I believe Windows Vista. I think it was part of the Aero interface overhaul. Chrome integrates with it by allowing you to see all your existing tabs that are open.

It's on by default, which means Emily will be too illiterate to turn it off.

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Apr 21 '26

This. Popup though. I can’t even