Super disturbing behaviour when people do this and others claim you should feel flattered.
Happened to me many times. From stream aesthetic, format of stream, bio, all my clothing/style & even project ideas. Never mentioned as a source of inspiration and when people notice the similarities their response Is I must have been inspired by them. 😬
Its not normal. Block them everywhere.
Thank you :D It's been super fun and changed the T2/T3 locked part of Discord into a very engaging place and helps build the community aspect more. I'm not a fulltime streamer so keeping engagement can be difficult and I try to bring them along my fitness journey but feel kinda stupid if I work out on stream and to nothingness say "come on CHAT who's getting on the floor with me" lol.
I wonder how life feels if you walk outside and actually engage in intentional conversations with complete strangers every day.
Is that something people do? Am I a nerd???
A note on our work to combat viewbotting, from CEO Dan Clancy:
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about viewbotting on Twitch, and I wanted to share an update on our enforcement efforts.
Viewbotting is bad for our business. We don't benefit from it, and we believe it harms the creator ecosystem overall. However, effectively combatting viewbotting is challenging. As we deploy updates to our real-time detection algorithms, viewbotting companies quickly respond with updates to avoid detection. Also, our detection systems must be precise to ensure that legitimate viewers are appropriately counted.
Today, we’re introducing a new enforcement type that we plan to roll out over the next few weeks. For channels identified as persistently viewbotting, we will apply a cap to the streamer’s CCV for a fixed period of time, on all of the Twitch surfaces. The cap will be based upon historical data regarding that creator’s non-viewbotted traffic. Repeated violations will result in longer penalties. Streamers will be notified when an enforcement is applied, along with the duration of the penalty, and can appeal through the appeals portal.
While streamers will be notified, we will not make a follow-on announcement when we begin issuing these enforcements, and will not publicly share details about when and where these enforcements are applied. Unfortunately, providing details simply makes it easier for companies to work around our interventions.
We believe this approach will help us make meaningful progress against viewbotting. We will continue refining our systems and expand when we apply these enforcements over time.
- Dan Clancy
Notice this feeling for a lot of the more intelligent people lately.
The world is changing very fast with AI / leaps of tech-advancements. It's depressing to know that the value/impact you can add or have in the world is getting replaced (at large or in your area of expertise). I don't know about you, but the moments I've felt best is when I know I've contributed to the betterment of something (whether it comes from being competitive or not). With the limited chats we had, it seems like that is something you embody wherever you go too, in your own ways.
I just fully pivoted towards working on ASI for the limited time my simple intellect still matters, and while depressing, the alternative is far more depressing 😅.