How Discord’s Loot Boxes Broke YouTube

Discord did the funny with their "Discord Loot Boxes are here" video because they managed to make a KZbin viewbot and the video gained over a billion views.
But, how did Discord break KZbin records? Was this part of their April Fools plan?
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Discord Experiment Hub Server
/ discord
Marvin's Hit Tweet
/ 1774928143972794843
Lootbox Page
dis.gd/lootboxes
Discord Previews Server
/ discord
SOCIALS
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Discord Server
/ discord
Twitter
/ notexttospeech
TIMESTAMPS
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00:00 - KZbin Brokey Brokey
03:19 - The April Fools Event
05:27 - More Jokes from Discord

[@NoTextToSpeech]

Wow they just reset the video's views just like that. KZbin giveth and KZbin taketh. Rip Discord being better than BTS. I guess I will accept my death via kpop stans with pride.

[@Solynhoo]

noo

[@garbajae]

hey daddy ~

[@yeidc]

Bummer I enjoy watching KZbin lose money

[@sh1r_lol]

noooo

[@Skywarp-Pig]

Welp goodluck with that

[@AquaQuokka]

Crazy how a fifth of the population is so excited by lootboxes 🤯

[@Bawed]

lol

[@universaltoons]

F

[@LightningFox512]

another person who feels the desire to comment on every ntts video(I see your comments everywhere lol)

[@TNT_NPM]

fr

[@Tyranitar66501]

Crazy how a population that is the size of China is so excited by lootboxes.

[@larry_berry]

Nah. Every 5th-6th person on Earth is just very excited about being able to become a certified clown on Discord.

[@Scratchfan321]

Can confirm as a person on Earth.

[@a-guy_i_think]

@@Scratchfan321 can confirm as someone who's childhood dream was to become a certified clown on discord

[@DaviNoob11]

I confirm as a Discord Clown

[@beastboi783]

Yes, we need achievements no matter what it is.

[@helenababikova8806]

Nah. Every 5th-6th bot on Earth is just very excited about being able to become a certified clown on Discord.

[@Undeemiss]

I’m only realizing now that I completely missed Discord’s april fools joke… I just thought they were really going down the gutter when I saw loot boxes.

[@helenababikova8806]

Yes. It was just an April Fool's joke. They were bots. Real views of just under 2.9M.

[@M1szS]

@@helenababikova8806 did you not watch the video? those aren't botted views, but from the video autoplaying when you launch discord

[@fluffyfetlocks]

Wouldn’t be the first time they’ve tested a feature they intend to add by pretending it’s limited time

[@LiliumOrientalis]

I'm more surprised that it *was* a joke with how discord is going tbh

[@gamingandchess]

It wasn't bots- did you watch the video ​@@helenababikova8806

[@DeoEditzzZ]

"this is a theory, a gay-" 💀

[@Incognito_00kIncog-rw9jo]

a game theory

[@Hexa_From_Reddit]

Thanks for watching

[@NoTextToSpeech]

replace "a" with "im"

[@TGM_GAMING1000]

@@NoTextToSpeechOH NAHH

[@frogick.]

@@NoTextToSpeech gay

[@phosgd]

discord gonna smash another record next april fools 💀

[@helenababikova8806]

It was just an April Fool's joke. They were bots. Real views of just under 2.9M.

[@Mr.happy689]

They're gonna make the most viewed video of all of KZbin history 💀

[@Skipwayy]

@@helenababikova8806 not bots

[@SashaNsay]

​@@helenababikova8806yea. That video got 3m+, and this makes me think that they still use some sort of tactic to get more money.

[@xalataf3365]

The fact I only now realized this was Discord's April Fools joke says quite a lot about Discord's reputation

[@weisstdujanicht]

Nah, it says something about your brain capacity

[@washieman2445]

​@@weisstdujanicht yeah, larger than yours

[@alegitnolife]

@@washieman2445 you didnt lose yours at birth? you got a spare?

[@washieman2445]

@@alegitnolife nah i took yours, thanks man

[@LiEnby]

*insert rediculous statement here* "Ok but it could be real and that says alot" -- no. No it doesnt

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

As annoying as Discord can be sometimes, it's honestly such a power move to beat BTS as an April Fool's joke.

[@helenababikova8806]

Yes, it was an April Fool's joke. They were robots. Actual views are less than 2.9M. So Discord still have some work to do to beat BTS with this childish nonsense.

[@ariaan_yt27]

@@helenababikova8806They did it on accident tho,

[@Jiminfied]

bts karma is real

[@MAXIMUM-pc1ch]

Robots? Did you even watch the video?​@@helenababikova8806

[@xchronox0]

@@helenababikova8806 They were actual users, just unknowningly watching the video looped and muted in the background. I'm sorry but being a BTS fan doesn't require you to trawl through comments on this video and reply to every single one of them. You can simply just, enjoy the music.

[@Cybreak]

they legit just removed all the views from the video

[@bluetintedchromee3881]

NOOOOOOO

[@Dv03_best]

Rip money for discord 😭😭😭

[@helenababikova8806]

They deleted bot views and over limit views. Please read the YT rules. They have a view limit for 1 account per 1 day. Everything above the limit will be deleted from the total number of views.

[@Jaie55]

Thanks

[@Jiminfied]

armys everywhere

[@LightrifyClips]

Bear in mind, the viewcount number is probably not even affected by people outside of the U.S., since Europeans, for example, at least the ones in my circle, did not get the Loot Box pop-up or associated setting for it. The viewcount is already insane, but it could have been even more so.

[@boxxie79]

i got the popup (bri'ish moment)

[@guppydraws]

well I'm actually in the EU and i got it :]

[@PrimalKevYT]

@@ForgeVex2 Pretty sure lootboxes weren't allowed in Belgium but still are in the Netherlands, unless I completely missed this news.

[@spacefox_VOD]

Me (German) did get IT. Just for the fun Part, i also tried to get every Item just to feel Like a Clown to the Devs

[@xelspeth]

I think the main reason for this is that the popup only showed if you opened discord after the update happened. So like any normal deranged individual, if you opened discord in the morning and then didn't close it until you went to sleep, you never got it

[@6mogus9]

I’m hoping you see this ntts but in a game called geometry dash, the vanity link for the developers server has been stolen and a ton of bot accounts have been commenting on community levels plastering their invite link and pretending to be e-girls or famous players coming back, their comments are always purposefully misspell the link for some reason, if you type the link correctly it takes you to some weird e-girl hangout scam server, if you’re interested, I want to see what they are doing in their sever but I’m to scared to join it, please take a look at what’s going on as it’s a big promblem in the games community. That message too way to long to type 💀

[@geometrykittens]

yes ntts pls expose this

[@geometrykittens]

vanity robtopgames

[@6mogus9]

YES I HAVE PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH ME MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Janex-06]

Nah, geometry dash is far overrated, not worth exposing lol

[@itsyaboiDorito]

🚨yapper alert🚨

[@Butterscotch_96]

Accidentally viewbotting is the true April fools prank

[@ANTUM]

*BTW This Discord loot boxes video get Fixed by KZbin From 1.4b views to 2.1m views* 0:51

[@RoyBlox]

aint no way youtube notice this shit but not sniperwolf doxing jackfilms

[@LightrifyClips]

@@RoyBlox This sort of exploit is costing KZbin money. Situations between individuals don't and you know what companies care about the most? Money, so if it doesn't hurt them where it matters, they won't care.

[@Lephiz]

@@RoyBlox youtube noticed the latter, but they just gave a month of no profit for sssniperwolf and no proper punishment

[@RoyBlox]

@@Lephiz ok

[@Moldovallan1618]

@@Lephizwhat the actual fuck

[@verb]

5th of the people on earth are happy about being able to become a clown on Discord.

[@demonpizza1834]

Eighth*

[@frog7863]

it looks good tho, so happy and colourful

[@Qyubij]

​@@demonpizza1834* 6th

[@Legoguy9875]

Honestly, the polls feature is a nice idea in concept. I frequent a number of servers for games or other media projects that are in active development, and they will often post announcements for new potential features and stuff. Having a poll would be way more streamlined compared to the usual method of using emoji reactions to gauge interest, since then you'll have more control and readability over the answers. I do agree that having it be accessible to everyone does make it potentially bothersome - a simple solution would be to allow server admins to toggle polls for members with specific roles, or limit them to specific server channels.

[@RblxRC]

7:30: NTTS: This is just a theory. A ga-

[@KinderOff]

i hate it that my brain automaticly thought gay theory instead of game theory 💀

[@ungarssympa]

Gay

[@Saifullah_4112]

A gay theory

[@Ch3vstar]

Why did he do this it's giving me flashbacks of matpat running the game theorists channel

[@legionofanon]

I am so sick of Discords popups outside of the patch notes that cover elements, that I reflexivly close out of them without even registering that it was there. for the two minutes of the video I was wondering what you were talking about. Then when you showed what the popup was with the "X Didn't ask" I realized, I remember that silly little didnt ask button, because I definantly didnt ask and didnt give a shit about whatever stupid thing they chose to block the chat area with

[@TNT_NPM]

fyi, KZbin removed all of the views from the looping and now it only has 2.8M views edit: ty for all the likes this is the most likes ive ever gotten on any comment

[@AEGISAOE]

tbf discord did nothing wrong, is was from youtube end not being able to proper count views

[@puddle_han]

@@AEGISAOEthe views were botted and replayed how is that KZbin’s fault

[@kapoukaeu]

@@AEGISAOEKZbin just counted view every time the video played, that's how views work It's discord's fault for making it loop in the background

[@fanny2081]

​@@puddle_hanit wasnt botted. It was playing in the background

[@yoshin6465]

@@puddle_han it wasnt botted, watch the video bro 💀

[@FazriGading]

Found your videos 3 times, always entertaining until the end. Subscribed!

[@eldreyte]

Today, on may 11th, clown frame was removed. Rip the clown gang, circus will live in our hearts

[@Illogical.]

Wait, there's an official gtaVI trailer??

[@rhettorical]

Linking Amazon would also let you share your Amazon Wishlist, something that uh, only those who are fans are really excited for.

[@Secretsssssssssss]

The decoration stays forever I still have it on 10/4/24

[@GOJO_SATURO748]

No text to speech THANK YOU FOR EVERY VIDEO IT HELPS ME SO MUCH just thank you so much

[@yuu-727]

8:39 they could just put a button to hide the poll or maybe the poll is collapsed by default and expands when you click on it

[@Opal_Sand]

I never even got this popup in my discord. A bunch of my friends were talking about it and I had no idea

[@Spacialvekter]

8:30 Worth noting that they did add a "Create poll" permission in yesterday's update.

[@Redons2]

“This is just a theory, a game theory!” Got me dying so hard lol. 😂

[@pn_mouseYT]

"the shell from sonic the hedgehog" lol it was a mario blue shell lmao

[@Psyche_TH]

is joke

[@pn_mouseYT]

@@Psyche_TH sure

[@_SUC_]

9:37 I love how in ntts recomendation is stream of some dude playing brawl stars

[@user-vn1rp6xv6m]

Daddy bentimm1 🤫

[@fzz_aep]

This guy started explaining Discord theories before GTA6🔥

[@NekoCube]

Great to see that I'm not the only one excited to gamble

[@Tyranitar66501]

Polls should be included in server role permissions. Good idea just unfinished

[@river559]

Just like most features nowadays

[@piberaroo]

4:17 bro DID NOT say that's the shell from sonic 😭😭

[@tachyontwo]

Dr Eggmans pet turtle

[@piberaroo]

@@tachyontwo I think that shell is a reference to Mario, the shoes might be a reference to Sonic

[@tachyontwo]

@@piberaroo Dr Eggmans turtle was one of the key characters though?? They use its shell in everything

[@grimluker]

The "this is just a theory, a ga-" hit hard.. still recovering from matpats retirement

[@omega_6777]

I was waiting for that video :D

[@aguyspace]

9 seconds 0 views ntts fell off

[@erraticbanana6187]

real. hurry up ntts

[@Forge01]

real

[@neuxze]

Balls but true

[@universaltoons]

My parents said if I hit 35K, they'd buy me a professionaI camera begging you guys literally begging..!

[@neuxze]

Idk what to reply here tbh

[@TFD500Official]

To be fair, they really need to add a “Send Polls” feature to Discord servers. It would be better.

[@StarWF]

it took me exactly the length of the video after you got the shell to get the shell. I got clowned

[@HappyGaminz]

i somehow NEVER even heard about this video yet.

[@DiscordUpdates]

Inventory sounds are fun

[@oyoplayer]

bek is playing ultrakill at 1:22 I have nothing else to say

[@smartestgirl]

*_Even though it was unintended, that view farm was so smart..._*

[@ices9304]

Buying gifts for your ekitten off their amazon wishlist has never been easier with the new integration

[@Blackout_]

2:35 THAT IS ME!!!! I got in a NTTS video!

[@MinkLiteTheDumbass]

Congrats

[@alger_real]

yea if i ever make a super popular social media like discord im gonna also add a video that loops forever making me absolutely rich

[@AEGISAOE]

why would u add a video? why not add everyday 10 videos. And allow users to send their videos. This way, your channel can't get banned. Also, you charge them for views

[@alger_real]

@@AEGISAOE best business decision

[@realdafool]

when the event just came out and I opened discord, I speedrun it and got the clown frame in 15 lootboxes XD

[@KebabTM]

This is going to become the most common video title of the trend keeps going haha

[@TC6_Original]

I like the lootboxes that they added. I feel like that was the best update they have done for a while..

[@FlytoTheSpace]

at 7:28 Bro Opened up Hazbin Hotel Page instead of The Home page of Amazon Prime and thought we wouldn't notice (I love those details).

[@thefoxmoonlight]

Hazbin hotel is an amazon prime show... he opened amazon prime... that isnt the homepage of Vivziepop...

[@kichucracked]

how it has been 2 months after this time go fast

[@paesafps]

the lootbox announcement was the funniest part of april fools day

[@papabadgers1555]

Discord casually DDOSing KZbin for shits and giggles.

[@palameno]

2:11 only 150mil? I thought it was more tbh

[@palameno]

Seems like youtube did something about it because it went from 1.4bil, to 2.9mil… interesting.

[@GeorgeAndWilliamXD]

“Its just a theory A GAM--“ got me dying 😂

[@DATA-EXPUNGED]

Need them to roll out polls already so I can run a smash-or-pass for our server's bots

[@idkidkidk262]

It now has 2.8 mil views 😭 nooo

[@KC-32]

2:28 It's 2,9 Billion views now...

[@palameno]

No, that says million..

[@KC-32]

@@palameno oh true, you're right, I misread 😅

[@chemyL]

been waiting for this video

[@k4kadu]

"they, got an Amazon account, can't talk to them about unions" goddamn, that escalated quickly! xD

[@BeegBoss326]

3:58 Thanks Notexttospeech I tried to get that profile effect idk how you call

[@KF19mod-siemon-]

its not on visible on web

[@BeegBoss326]

@@KF19mod-siemon- it is visible you need to refresh the website It happens for me to

[@mmika849]

the clown frame was so worth it

[@potato.09804]

i love when ntts uploads

[@SupaCLUCK]

I remember Discord being super laggy on April 1 and wondering why 😭

[@FLY0n_YT]

Alr welp discord took loot boxes away hella fast bc of this XD

[@xtrafrostingisaflop]

awww

[@AmyAmythya]

it was an april fools joke

[@FLY0n_YT]

@@AmyAmythya ik but the link aint work no mo

[@AmyAmythya]

@@FLY0n_YT you can still access the page by clicking the april fools badge on someone who has it

[@FLY0n_YT]

@@AmyAmythya not on mobile :(

[@TheTFSchannel]

7:30 BRO😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@EnBunk]

A naked man fears no pickpocket.

[@DaOfficalSwat]

Thanks for sponsoring Chaseroony with 224k views :)

[@Toponeitorr]

7:49 THAT IS A MOTHERFUCKING GEOMETRY DASH REFERENCE??????

[@Melvin-rk5fc]

The clown decoration is limited as well it sayd that at 4:31 in the pop-up 😢

[@Hampter_lover]

wow he didn't literally say it the second after the time you mentioned

[@SkeloD]

1 month from now on and discord said that the clown is forever but it got removed ;(

[@empdisaster10]

Somehow despite being online all of April 1st I didn’t see this pop up lmao

[@aprilderg7241]

Discord added amazon support so that discord kittens can add their wishlist so that degens can buy them stuff in exchange for humiliation

[@mintbutmonke]

They made more money off ad revenue then they would’ve if they had actually added lootboxes

[@AEGISAOE]

you will be surprised how many still don't use discord. This BREAKING NEWS 1B views in less than 24 hours, reached many non discord users

[@Mul3turtle]

Thanks for the clown decoration! ❤❤❤ also got it in only 25 boxes

[@parkercat5768]

When I opened Discord and saw these I actually thought it was real

[@Singingnoob-3minutesdirty]

You kinda sound like the guy who has a massive rant after his windows keeps restarting every 12 minutes and 58 seconds

[@HowToScript_]

that reminds me of that clip where the chipmunk simon waffles about the uncancelable windows update pop ups while he was in middle of rendering smth

[@PawPlace]

If this gets 10 likes I will buy a dog

[@timeblade]

No you won’t.

[@kurtcrean]

Oh being in Australia I saw their April fools thing on the 2nd so thought Discord was just naturally being more greedy lol.

[@SoloOfficial95]

2:19 the discord ping censor sound caught me off guard

[@ianimewhatif862]

Bro, imagine being one of the desperate BTS stans….

[@Jiminfied]

we stay winning

[@MrOceMcCool]

@@Jiminfied cope and seethe bts-tard. They won't have sex with you mate.

[@Mempler]

8 seconds ago and no views ? dead channel.

[@EnderMotionCreations]

Bro has mentioned Subway surfers 😂

[@erak7]

13 minutes since release nice

[@jgplayz]

sir you fell for an April fools joke by KZbin and discord XD, it didn't hit 1.4b views chill out Edit: I'm one of those degenerates that comment before watching the video

[@grey_wool]

Bts > discord Bts is better then discord

[@leokinpro01leonardo4]

The fuck? Now we are comparing some dudes to a whole fucking company and an app that many have used it's like saying Mr breast>KZbin

[@Jiminfied]

⁠@@leokinpro01leonardo4do you know that bts brings more money in than samsung and google combined? they are one of the most essential parts in koreas economy :)

[@leokinpro01leonardo4]

@@Jiminfied bts gains an annual money of 60 million and Google and Samsung get billions even trillions

[@grey_wool]

@@leokinpro01leonardo4 he said something bad about them

[@Jiminfied]

@@leokinpro01leonardo4 bts brings in 4.65$ billion dollars of revenue. esp through the high touristic traffic and make up 0.3 of koreas gdp. u don’t only take album sales in account, but the general factor of the economic influence.

[@JohnVRreal]

2:19 im glad i got a notification from discord.

[@Beth5sda]

The slice with Gunna writing hit hard

[@user-vf9vb7sj9l]

This comment will go to void of comment like others that’s not popular on this video comment section

[@Brwigames]

Not if I can stop it.

[@HiveBedwars]

Imagine my comment have 1.4 billion likes

[@universaltoons]

My parents said if I hit 35K, they'd buy me a professionaI camera begging you guys literally begging..!.

[@universaltoons]

*NTTS fans* ❤ 👇

[@galaxyos_]

both of you need to touch grass

[@Phuey]

4 4 4 is all you get

[@medgyvt]

so thats why discord was eating my pc so much on that day

[@MizoTwo]

The craziest april fools yet

[@TNTISGOOD]

I am so lucky this video came out before april 8th and i watched it

[@wryzoned]

When I saw the video for the first time I was so confused

[@boxmeister3059]

It's a shame with the introduction of polls that you won't see those react to vote announcements anymore ☹️

[@LucarnAnderson]

It’s weird I never even saw this pop up on April 1st on my pc for some reason

[@schwarzi0329]

I watched your video before watching the other video XD

[@alma8346]

7:29 but hey, thats just a theory, A GAM- MatPat will be missed

[@NotSky69]

"I live,breath and pay my rent with discord" NTTS-

[@zeRoyalBattalion]

i remember seing this and i was like HOWWW ITS NOT EVEN A GOOD UPDATE