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Overview
Daniel experiences repeated botting attacks on his live streams, testing whether ending and restarting broadcasts causes the purchased bot traffic to stop or carry over.
Daniel addresses the timeline of the botting incidents, which began around nine to ten days earlier or about two weeks earlier around May 13th, alongside advice from YouTube stating that fake viewers are automatically detected and filtered out.
Motivations for purchasing bots are discussed, such as Twitch streamers pursuing perceived popularity or people attempting to cause channels to be banned, while Daniel considers testing a stream on a second channel.
Themes
Assumptions and observations regarding the mechanics of stream botting services and bot persistence across streams.
The timeline and duration of the botting incidents.
Reasons individuals purchase bots, such as seeking perceived popularity on Twitch or attempting to get channels banned.
Guidance received from YouTube indicating fake viewers are automatically detected and filtered out.
Daniel's choices to end and restart streams to observe bot behavior.
Developments
Botting began on Daniel's channel around May 13th.
Daniel ended a stream to disrupt an incoming wave of bots.
Daniel ended the stream again to test whether the bots would persist.
Uncertainties & gaps
Daniel is uncertain whether bot services target a specific stream link or carry over automatically to subsequent streams if a broadcast ends.
Daniel expresses uncertainty about the exact start date due to deleting an initial stream.
Daniel questions whether ending the stream again will make any difference or if bots would follow him to a second channel.