Chat platform Discord’s April Fool’s joke video, specially uploaded to YouTube, achieved over a billion views in just one day. This 17-second video humorously suggests that the “Loot box” feature, commonly found in video games, will be coming to the chat and streaming app.

Did Discord use a bot? April Fool’s video surpasses a billion YouTube views

Despite expectations of limited interest in such a topic, the April Fool’s video rapidly grew in popularity, surpassing even popular content creators like Mr. Beast. Following this record viewership, spectators speculated that Discord might have used a “viewbot” mechanism to repeatedly play the video.

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According to IGN, web developer Marvin Witt speculated that Discord created a “working YouTube view bot” in the app’s “toast” notification that replays the Loot box video.

Discord’s YouTube channel has 1.5 million subscribers and typically posts videos about new features every few months. For instance, an update video shared in October only received 5 million views.

Regarding the April Fool’s joke video, viewers humorously commented on Discord’s unusual video surge. A significant portion of the audience has requested comments from YouTube and Discord and is awaiting a response.

Although Discord’s joke video is far from being the most-watched video on YouTube, that title belongs to the “Baby Shark Video” uploaded in 2016, currently with over 14 billion views. What’s remarkable about the Discord video is how quickly it reached such a high view count.

One billion views in a day strengthen the possibility that Discord might have cheated. This unusual case is an intriguing example of how content can go viral on digital platforms and raises questions about how technology, especially social media mechanisms, can be manipulated.

How Discord and YouTube will respond to this situation and the measures to prevent such incidents are crucial for the transparency and reliability of digital platforms. This incident also serves as a reminder of the importance of questioning the authenticity and source of content published online.

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