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    Where are the Twitch devs when we need them? You can use follow mode in your channel—this is how most mods are handling the bot attacks. By using a command like /follows 5 in your channel, either before or after the attack starts, you can effectively limit the impact. Another method is to ban the specific words the bots are spamming. However, the real issue comes down to having to ban users individually, which is time-consuming. Twitch had promised to address the bot problem, but it seems to have only gotten worse, especially after they removed the /commands for IRC users.
    For those who could create their own ban lists to block all the bots at once effectively, it was a game-changer. However, now a call to the Helix API is required for every user, making the process more cumbersome. The situation demands a more streamlined solution from Twitch.