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Twitch pushed alerts for Nmplol's stream after suspected viewbots inflated his count to 63,000 viewers
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (391+ words) Nothing pulls a crowd quite like a gym stream with 63,000 people watching other guys squat. Nick “Nmplol” Polom was hanging out at the gym on stream with a few other creators when his viewer count went somewhere it had no…...
Kick rolls out Viewer Toggle letting streamers hide their live audience count
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (278+ words) Your stream, your choice, your secret. Kick has launched a new feature that lets streamers hide their live viewer count from the public during broadcasts. The toggle is optional, meaning each creator can decide whether their audience number stays visible…...
Kick bans its 500 worst viewbotters who were behind 13% of all watch hours
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (329+ words) Turns out a hefty chunk of the platform's "audience" was just code in a trench coat. Kick has reportedly swung the banhammer at the 500 worst viewbotting offenders on the platform, claiming the accounts were responsible for a staggering 13% of total…...
Russia-linked Twitch accounts reportedly hit 150 million and outnumber the country's population
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (325+ words) Either every Russian has a Twitch account plus a few spares, or the bot farms are working overtime. A viral claim is putting Twitch’s botting problem back under the spotlight. According to the X user CommanderRoot, nearly half of all…...
Myth calls out viewbotters after his Twitch stream jumps to 32,000 viewers
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (204+ words) The chatter count told a very different story. Ali “Myth” Kabbani had a strange start to a recent Twitch broadcast. Seconds after going live, his viewer count rocketed to roughly 32,000, a number well above what his channel has been pulling…...
Pirate Software appears to have parted ways with his entire mod team
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (192+ words) Running a community is expensive when the vibes are this bad. Thor, better known online as Pirate Software, looks to have lost his moderation team. Multiple longtime mods no longer appear to be working with him, with viewers pointing to…...
Dylan Tate's PC appears to crash after chat floods his stream with hundreds of CaseOh messages
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (214+ words) The stream ended with a desperate scream of "MY PC" as the visuals completely broke down. A clip from Dylan Tate’s stream shows his broadcast grinding to a halt after chat got flooded with spam referencing CaseOh. It happened fast....
Twitch introduces new streaming and chat suspensions that restrict users without locking them out completely
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) You can now get banned from streaming while still being allowed to chat and vice versa. Twitch rolled out two new enforcement tools that split account suspensions into separate categories for streaming and chatting. The update marks a shift from…...
Godot Engine maintainers say AI-code submissions crush their ability to keep up with development
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (490+ words) The open-source game engine team is drowning in polished-looking pull requests that fall apart under review. The maintainers of Godot Engine are sounding the alarm about an influx of AI-generated pull requests that look legitimate at first glance but require…...