"They are just farming subs": Sykkuno slams subathon streamers for slyly tricking their viewers

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Thomas "Sykkuno," one of the most polite and non-controversial streamers, was recently seen giving his take regarding the subathon streamers who livestream themselves sleeping for hours and hours on Twitch.

Giving his spicy take regarding this subject, the Twitch streamer said that one of the main objectives of the subathon hosting content creators is to bait the viewer into subscribing and donating to their channel.

One of the phrases he said regarding this subject was:

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The subathon type of streams was made immensely popular by former Twitch streamer Ludwig, who went on to gain a massive subscriber boost and became the most subscribed Twitch streamer back in 2021. He de-throned Tyler "Ninja" as he amassed a following of more than 250k subscribers on his channel.

Following Ludwig's insane popularity, a number of variety streamers and content creators tried to get into this sort of streaming style. One of the newest streamers to break the record in recent times is Ironmouse, who became the most subscribed female Twitch streamer following her successful subathon.

Sykkuno had some views regarding this style of streaming. As the streamer had been live for around half an hour, he mentioned that the subathon streams are not healthy for streamers, but he does understand the draw for it.

Mentioning more about this, he said:

He continued:

Calling out specific streamers without naming them, Sykkuno said how they tend to farm for subscribers in order to make new records on the platform. He continued to talk about the subject and added:

He then concluded his take and said:

A Reddit thread regarding this topic went viral. More than 250 people commented and shared their stance on the subject. Many of the fans