Did Twitch undo its viewbot crackdown? – Tubefilter

In our world, attention is currency–and views unlock that currency. Getting big views means earning not just the attention of the viewers actively tuned in, but the attention of brands, managers, creator services companies, the media, platforms themselves, and more. People like MrBeast and Kai Cenat are always on the digital front page because they’re some of the top-viewed creators in the world. So it’s not entirely unexpected that content creators who want more of the attention currency might try to game the system which grants it. That’s where viewbotting comes in. Viewbots are fake viewers that fluff up engagement numbers. How? By ‘watching’ a creator’s video or sitting in their livestream, making it look like more people are tuning in. Padding the viewer count with just one more might not seem like a problem, but creators who employ viewbots usually don’t stop at just one. Services offering viewbots send out fleets of them, guaranteeing thousands upon thousands of views. Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top Stories Subscribe Viewbotting has worsened in recent years, and Twitch has faced particular scrutiny. Creators like Trainwreck (who has an ownership stake in Kick, so perhaps take a pinch of salt here) have insisted top
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