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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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[–] blackfire@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What investors they are owned by amazon and with the discounted rate I'm sure twitch gets its literally sucking money from them. Ad nets don't want to pay for fake views so this is in twitches long term interest to do this.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Turns out Amazon is publicly traded.

[–] blackfire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whose buying amazon stock to get a bit of twitch?????

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

*Who's

Literally anyone buying AMZN, effectively