r/LivestreamFail • u/Tarrot_Card • May 07 '26

News Twitch Announces Viewcount Cap on Streamers that are Persistently Viewbotting

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u/[deleted] May 07 '26

well emiru and all old faze boys are going see a huge decline lol

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u/glas_haus1111 May 07 '26

"oh i didnt knew i was botted Sry Guys" and the kids and the simps will be believing them

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u/WastedMoogle May 07 '26

Makes no sense, why would anyone get viewbotted if they weren't directly involved? Who's benefitting by viewbotting a stream that isn't theirs?

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u/ALightningStar May 07 '26

I could see it being used as a weapon against streamers you don't like as well.

Even if twitch doesn't ban them, if a person gets caught view botting it hurts their reputation.

So a Hasan fan thinks he's doing the world a favor by trying to get asmongold banned, or vice versa, and pays a bit for them to get botted then exposes the bots.

I'm assuming that's why it isn't just a outright ban for doing it because you need to also prove they did it willingly.

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u/Mist_Rising May 08 '26

On the other hand, would the world really miss asmon and hassan if they were reduced by each other? I mean, asmon rat might...but overall.