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  • Twitch's new anti-bot system caused viewer counts to nosedive across hundreds of channels, with some losing over half their displayed audience.
  • Channels running 24/7 reruns saw the biggest drops, with Mira falling from 2,000+ to under 200 viewers overnight.
  • The cleanup affects sponsorship deals and ad rates since brands have been paying premium prices for audiences that were partially fake.
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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

thats why they go for the "easiest target" to block. propaganda bots are just too many, and it does work, but reddit would have to keep doing it, im sure they can. but like you said any press is good press. i also visit another forum, where people are using paid methods to evade bans(for thier businesses, OF or links). they whip up legions of accounts at once.

from what ive determined, they use the warming up methods(i dont think state actor bots are doing that) to evade reddit filters.(like waiting a while before commenting or engaging with your account)

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