Twitch Bombarded With Millions of Bot Accounts

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Twitch has recently been bombarded with millions of bot accounts, making live streams difficult, as there is no clear way for players to know who is a legitimate viewer and what the motives are of those that tune in. This recent surge in bot accounts is a problem for Twitch, the Amazon streaming platform, whose player base is dependent on authentic engagement between a streamer and their community.

With the recent exponential increase in bot accounts, this may be another reason for streamers to leave and go to other streaming platforms, such as YouTube. Twitch streamer CodeMiko is reportedly making the jump to YouTube because of other reasons, like its revenue splits and advertising policies. The reason for this recent insurgence of bot accounts is due to a new and easier method that allows a user to create multiple bot accounts, although it is currently unclear what exactly this method is.

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During a 24-hour period, there have been over 4 million bot accounts created on Twitch, with the numbers continuing to rise. The Twitch community has called on the platform to do something about the issue, and although there has been no news on how it is to solve the problem, a Twitch developer responded on Twitter saying that the teams are aware of the ongoing issues and are currently working out solutions. Before this incident took place, a top Twitch executive left the company amid the streamer payment controversy. Even so, this bot issue might want to take precedence on how to proceed with the platform's list of problems, as now the problems will be at the forefront of the streaming experience, rather than other complications that do not affect the viewing experience.

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