Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Discord Seemingly Accidentally Viewbotted Its Own April Fool’s Video to Smash the GTA 6 Trailer Record in Half a Day - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Discord’s April Fool's video blew up on YouTube, securing hundreds of millions of views in just a handful of hours, but it seems there’s a lot more going on here than meets the eye. Quote Discord’s April Fool's video blew up on YouTube, securing hundreds of millions of views in just a handful of hours, but it seems there’s a lot more going on here than meets the eye. The video, called ‘Discord Loot Boxes are here’, is a straightforward April Fool’s joke about adding loot boxes to the online communication platform. That, you would have thought, would be that. But something odd happened: the video saw hundreds of millions of views in the blink of an eye, so many, in fact, that it blew past the record set by the all-conquering GTA 6 trailer. How can this be? It seems Discord accidentally ‘viewbotted’ its own April Fool’s video. Software developer Marvin Witt took to X / Twitter to say that Discord managed to create a working YouTube view bot by playing the loot box announcement trailer on loop in the background of the in-app toast notification about the video itself. Witt suggested this was accidental on Discord’s part because a member of staff expressed confusion at what had happened. IGN has asked Discord for comment. The video that "broke" YouTube: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 more proof discord needs to be deleted 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 2 hours ago, Bacon said: more proof discord needs to be deleted Naa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 3 hours ago, Bacon said: more proof discord needs to be deleted Only if it takes Reddit down with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 It doesn't need to be deleted, they just need to clean up their sloppy ass code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 their mobile update was pretty ass. idk why they changed so much stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 minute ago, Reputator said: It doesn't need to be deleted, they just need to clean up their sloppy ass code. I despise them as a "gaming information resource". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 minute ago, Bacon said: I despise them as a "gaming information resource". Sounds more like a particular server you have a problem with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Just now, Reputator said: Sounds more like a particular server you have a problem with. No, it's in general. Across various games, discord is used to host guides, tutorials, and general information and it sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Just now, Bacon said: No, it's in general. Across various games, discord is used to host guides, tutorials, and general information and it sucks. Oh, I wasn't aware of any of those features. I don't touch that stuff. I just have servers for various hobbies like retro PC hardware, headphone enthusiasts, etc. And for that reason it does a lot of good for a lot of people. Some really good communities have formed on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Just now, Reputator said: Oh, I wasn't aware of any of those features. I don't touch that stuff. I just have servers for various hobbies like retro PC hardware, headphone enthusiasts, etc. And for that reason it does a lot of good for a lot of people. Some really good communities have formed on there. Discord is fine when it is just a live chat or when used to ping for time-limited in-game events. When it's not that it sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 So... dumb it down for me. What happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 13 minutes ago, Derek said: So... dumb it down for me. What happened? video auto play on loop 1 loop = 1 view lots of users lots of views 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 This seems like the kind of thing that would get a channel banned on youtube and likely face litigation from youtube’s lawyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I don't like discord but I have it because some ppl insist it's the best and won't respond anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 11 hours ago, Bacon said: No, it's in general. Across various games, discord is used to host guides, tutorials, and general information and it sucks. Uh... Youtube?? I don't think I've ever used or even been made aware of Dicsord being used for guides or tutorials. "General information" is basically on any platform though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Discord is great for online communities. For example, for the X-Wing miniatures game I play, it's how all the online tournaments/leagues are coordinated, and even many of the local meetups. My teenagers use discord for voice chat with all of their friends, while they are playing online. It's really indispensable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 4 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: This seems like the kind of thing that would get a channel banned on youtube and likely face litigation from youtube’s lawyers. The day is still young! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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