Recently, a Twitch streamer accidentally revealed her viewbotting tool while streaming, prompting her to restart her broadcast and try to cover up the blunder by linking it to an OBS update. This is one of the few tangible examples we’ve got of Twitch streamers (and streamers on other platforms) using viewbotting tools to appear more popular than they are.
It’s a topic that has become all too common of late, with streamers going live to thousands of viewers but only having a few dozen people chatting at any given time – if that. In situations like this, it’s becoming much easier to cast stones at those maliciously boosting their viewer count.
Red-Handed
In a clip that’s doing the rounds on social media, QueenGloriaRP was caught flashing up a viewbotting panel as she started her stream. It was clipped, captured, and circulated almost immediately, with users slamming the small streamer for cheating the platform.
QueenGloraRP had racked up just 3,600 followers when she was banned by Twitch hours after the viewbotting debacle surfaced online.
Gaming World Media’s Jake Lucky took to social media to share his clear concerns about the situation, along with a copy of the clip:
So if this random Twitch streamer is viewbotting just 20 viewers… how many streamers are doing this?
It’s fair game for the average small streamer to worry about. They’re often punishing themselves for not netting as many viewers as the next streamer, but how often are the numbers being misrepresented by viewbotting tools? In QueenGloriaRP’s slip-up, it’s easy to see how simple it is to generate fake viewer counts, and she was only adding on a humble 20 non-existent audience members.
What about the larger streamers that have viewer counts in the tens of thousands? What percentage of that audience is real?
The panel that QueenGloriaRP revealed broke down how users will pay for their fake viewers. It looked like a token-based system was used, with more viewers equalling more credits (10 pcs for each viewer per hour). If it wasn’t bad enough that she was viewbotting, paying for the privilege is nuts on another level.
It’s fake growth; it’ll get you nowhere.
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All of them are doing this all Twitch’s viewership is fake. They all try to lie on Kick and even Rumble but they do it the most! Amazon may want to shut it down now because Ethan Klein and others may be filing lawsuits I honestly see the ADL getting involved because of other drama on the site.