Here is a look at that tweet thread:
🛡️ We 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.
— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) April 14, 2021
A 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.
— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) April 14, 2021
As a result of these removals, you may see sudden decreases in your follower and viewer count over the coming days. If you believe that you were follow- or view-botted, please check out our help article. 📚 https://t.co/R82r7NA90A
— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) April 14, 2021
Many channels appear to have lost followers over the last couple of days as Twitch is slowly removing the bot accounts.
Let take a look at some of the stream channels that were most effected by this botting. As of today, 4/14/2012 the following channels are listed to have lost (x) amount of followers in the past 7 days. Please note we are using a 3rd party twitch stat website called sullygnome to check for these stats.
- sodapoppin - 2.5+ Million
- xQcOW - 2.1+ Million
- TrickAIM - 2.02+ Million
- Blinkx_ - 1.78+ Million
- AdinRoss - 1.68+ Million
- kraynasty - 1.59+ Million
- aileybeanssa - 1.56 Million
- MzBETRAYAL - 1.31 Million
- Heelmike - 1.16 Million
- okharry - 900k+
- ForestOfWires - 850k+
- MrConRem - 785k+
- Taylor_Jevaux - 464k+
If you suspect your channel has been targeted by bots of any kind, then you will want to review the official twitch help page on this topic. Here is the direct link to that article: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/how-to-handle-view-follow-bots?language=en_US
