Small Twitch streamer Micaylee\u2019s channel explodes overnight as bots run rampant Twitch: MicayleeA small Twitch streamer has become the fastest-growing channel on the platform \u2013 except not really, as Twitch\u2019s battle against follow bots continues. Streamer Micaylee suddenly shot to the top of follower charts for May 2021, ahead of big names like Adin Ross, Tubbo, and Amouranth, but it was clear that it wasn\u2019t all it seemed to be. Most streamers are doing well to get 10,000 followers in a single stream \u2013 never mind over one million. Micaylee was the victim of another wave of follow-bots, an issue that has been plaguing Twitch for a number of years. Earlier in 2021, the platform took action, wiping millions of bot accounts from the platform, and sinking the follower count of many streamers, big and small. But, this purge hasn\u2019t managed to stop the follow bots from continuing to cause problems, as a number of streamers since have been targetted. Micaylee is the most egregious example yet, gaining over 1.7 million followers overnight. Her bio now reads: \u201cSOME WEIRDO BOTTED OVER 1.7MILLION FOLLOWERS TO MY ACCOUNT.\u201d In April, xQc, the most-watched streamer on Twitch, lost over 2 million followers as a result of the purge. At the time, Twitch said, \u201cWe have been monitoring the rise of fake engagement on Twitch and have identified 7.5MM+ accounts that break our TOS by follow-botting and view-botting. We are taking action on these accounts and appreciate all of the reports about this issue.\u201d The platform also suggested that legal action may be an option in their fight against bots. \u201cA majority of these accounts were detected through ongoing machine learning technology that will continue to improve and we will continue to operate going forward. We engage in enforcement when necessary including pursuing legal action,\u201d they stated. But, so far, their efforts haven\u2019t been enough to stop the massive influx of bot followers on some channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Small Twitch streamer Micaylee\u2019s channel explodes overnight as bots run rampant Twitch: MicayleeA small Twitch streamer has become the fastest-growing channel on the platform \u2013 except not really, as Twitch\u2019s battle against follow bots continues. Streamer Micaylee suddenly shot to the top of follower charts for May 2021, ahead of big names like Adin Ross, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}