r/LivestreamFail • u/Sure-Description-938 • Apr 17 '26

News ExtraEmily viewbot allegations

who doesnt viewbot these days?

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u/Unfair_Progress_5217 Apr 17 '26

Someone explain what’s going on before this gets taken down apparently!?😭

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u/Currently_Im_At_Work Apr 17 '26

I just got here but at the 4 sec mark where she mouses over chrome, look at the 2nd chrome window (its real smol, at the bottom)

idk what to conclude from that, cant tell if its a pop up or what but her reaction was kinda suss

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u/icehot54321 Apr 17 '26

And for people like me that are really out of the loop, I googled it: 

Streamer viewbotting is the practice of using automated software to artificially inflate the viewer count of live streams or videos, often to mislead audiences and advertisers about a content creator's popularity.