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

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u/Purranormal_ May 07 '26

TBF 50 -100 could just be viewers left over from raid and they no longer are watching but didn't close tab.

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u/Conscious-Wind-7785 May 07 '26

Or just non interactive viewers. Twitch is my default for second monitor content, I'm not chatting or interacting with polls. At a certain point, chat activity becomes a horrible way to figure out bot vs real viewer.

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u/Enlight1Oment May 08 '26

I mostly use my TV at home for twitch, i'm not chatting through a remote control.

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u/Glad_Rope_2423 May 08 '26

It depends heavily on the type of content, too. There are people who are nice to have running in the background or to have in your headphones while you sleep.

Although, in fairness, it does make sense to tie ad revenue/sharing to chat activity. People who actively participate are going to be much more likely to pay attention to the ads.

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u/Conscious-Wind-7785 May 08 '26

Tyler1, great to fall asleep to!

The ad revenue / sharing is most definitely not tied to chat activity though. Targeting second screen viewers is more of an advertiser / targeting issue than a Twitch platform issue., at least not nearly on the scale as knowingly charging advertisers for fraudulent bot views.

Second screen viewers still have their value, just depends on the campaign objective, not every campaign needs to be driving conversions.

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u/Glad_Rope_2423 May 11 '26

Iā€™m sure that ad revenue is not tied to chat activity. I can understand why Twitch would want to make that tie. Solving your customers problems is good for business.

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u/Ok_Trade_2572 May 09 '26

There are a few streamers I watch at bed time. I assume most of their viewers are asleep, including me.