Sodapoppin gains 3M Twitch followers overnight as bots plague platform

Entertainment Published: 27/Dec/2020 19:39 by Bill Cooney Sodapoppin/Twitch A number of large Twitch streamers, including Chance ‘Sodapoppin’ Morris, have seen their follower numbers double or more than double in just a day due to what seems to be an infestation of bots on the platform. Usually on any social media/streaming site for that matter, gaining followers is generally considered a good thing, but recently on Twitch, several big streamers have seen their numbers absolutely explode through the use of bots. Now, let’s make it clear before we go on that it’s highly unlikely that any of the affected streamers are to blame, as view or follow botting is a bannable offense on Twitch. Instead, it’s probably a random person or group of people behind the flood of new accounts and follows. Twitch: SodapoppinSodapoppin has climbed to become one of Twitch’s biggest streamers, but that doesn’t explain his recent uptick in followers. Around December 17-18, Soda’s follow count doubled almost instantly, rocketing him up to nearly 7 million subscribers overall — a gain of almost 3.5 million in just one day, numbers that are simply unheard of in any situation. Morris wasn’t the only streamer to be affected though, not by…
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