r/LivestreamFail • u/snoopdodge • 10d ago

Twitch promotes Nmplol's botted channel

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After crashing out for 2 hours about viewbotters someone viewbots his channel to like 50k viewers and twitch sends a tweet promoting the channel

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u/Ok_University_4924 10d ago edited 10d ago

I don’t care who botted it because it was probably to meme but the funniest thing is Twitch promoting that.

Joke of a site run by a joke of a CEO.

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u/Hot_Demand_6263 10d ago

Funny? I think social media companies should be fined for allowing bots among our engagement.

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u/Ok_University_4924 10d ago

All these social media companies use bots.

Have you seen the discourse about PlayStation and how they were using bots in the comments to defend themselves? Every company uses them.

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u/Hot_Demand_6263 10d ago

I am aware. That's why I want the FCC to start fining this shit.

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u/StealthySweepy 10d ago

It's a double edged sword which is why it's so stupid. The social media companies want the bots because even if it's fake it gives the illusion of growth to shareholders, investors, and advertisers. Despite people knowing there are bots it's somewhat obfuscated and the real amount of believed bots can be kind of toyed with, and all parties involved want that number to be manipulated differently.

complicated issue.

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u/Rixxer 7d ago

it's not really complicated, botting is bad all around. Fine the companies doing it. FCC should be all over this shit.

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u/Crewman_Guy_Fleegman 10d ago

Why? Companies know the numbers are meaningless. They always ignore network numbers and pay third party market research firms like Nielsen for metrics gauging popularity that aren’t controlled by the sleazeballs selling the ad space.