Lao Hei's reply left Su Xue dumbfounded.
Popularity …
Locked?
Locked by Hu Ya's super administrator?
Although Su Xue had been streaming on Huya for over half a year, she usually only cared about herself and didn't spend much time in the commentator circle. The only people she was familiar with in the industry were Old Hei and a few others.
She didn't even need to talk to the administrator. Apart from a few promotions on the platform, she didn't interact much with them.
So, this was the first time she heard of having her popularity locked.
"But … Why?"
Su Xue couldn't figure out what she'd done wrong to have her Qi sealed.
On the other end of the QQ chat window, the black-haired man sent a helpless sigh emoji, and then continued to reply.
"I can't say for sure."
"But there are basically two possibilities. Did you offend anyone from Huya recently?"
Su Xue's first reaction was to reply:
"No!"
"I've been streaming every day. How could I have offended the administrator!"
Old Hei shook his head and sighed.
"I think so too."
"Then it could only be the other situation …"
…
After listening to Old Hei's explanation, Su Xue finally understood the truth behind why her popularity was locked.
On Huya Live Streaming Platform, other than some dedicated recommendation spots, the ranking of the various live streaming rooms was basically based on the popularity of their own viewers.
If you had the highest number of viewers, more than a million, then you would naturally be first or second in the stream. It was the most eye-catching and the easiest to be discovered by new viewers.
And if your livestream room was less popular, it would naturally be ranked behind a bunch of other livestream rooms in your own livestream section — —
Unless the viewers on Huya purposely scrolled down to the end of the page, they wouldn't be able to find your stream and click on it.
However, most of the time, most of the users would habitually click on the most popular live streaming channels at the top of the page to watch.
Simply put:
The more popular the livestream, the easier it was to attract new viewers.
The few spots at the forefront of the live broadcast section also had the best promotional effect.
"But sometimes, when the super admin wants to recommend and promote some rookie streamers, they will artificially increase the popularity of their livestream backstage."
"This way, the popularity of those livestream rooms will be higher, and they can be ranked at a more eye-catching position."
"That's all it can do."
Blackie patiently explained to Su Xue.
"But this is not enough."
"That's because you're only increasing the popularity of the new streamers. The other streamers who are already popular will still be able to rank ahead of them. This way, when the new viewers join, they might not click on the new streamer's livestream."
"So … some of the more popular livestream rooms will have their popularity locked during this period."
"For example, set the upper limit of your livestream room to 100,000 viewers."
"That way, I won't be able to compete with Huya's new streamer for popularity."
After listening to Blackie's patient explanation, Su Xue found it harder and harder to accept. She felt as if her worldview had been overturned.
Hu Ya's super admin …
You can do things like this!?
In order to promote a newcomer, he purposely went to the backstage to gain fake popularity?
You even locked the popularity of other streamers?
Su Xue's temper flared, and she began typing away on the keyboard.
"Why?!"
Blackie smiled bitterly.
"Don't be angry. Many other veteran streamers in the industry have experienced this before."
"According to Hu Ya, this is called 'cooperating with the promotion'."
… …
Cooperating with the promotion.
It would have been better if Blackie hadn't said this. His words made Su Xue even angrier.
What did he mean by cooperating with the promotion?
Hu Ya forcefully locked the popularity of her livestream room without even giving her a heads up. This wasn't cooperation at all, it was coercion!
Did they even ask for her permission to cooperate?!
Why did they do that?!
Ol 'Hei could only sigh and console Su Xue.
"It can't be helped. Hu Ya's higher-ups have always done things this way. Most of the time, they're the ones who decide who they want to promote.
"But it's hard to say what's going on right now. Don't be angry. Why don't you talk to the super admin first?"
Su Xue calmed down a bit and decided to listen to Old Hei's suggestion. She immediately found a Tiger Fang super admin on her QQ friend list and sent him a message.
The result.
Five minutes later, there was no reply.
Ten minutes later, fifteen minutes later, twenty minutes later, there was still no response from the other end of the chat window.
And at this time, the super admin's ID was still lit up.
By the time Su Xue couldn't help but send the message again, the admin's friend ID suddenly went dark.
He actually logged off right in front of her!
In this way, the other party's attitude was extremely obvious.
He didn't even want to talk to her!
… …
This was the first time Su Xue encountered something like this. She was furious.
Forcefully locking her popularity.
Then, she went over to ask about the situation, but the other side still didn't want to talk to her. He didn't even want to give her an explanation.
One had to know that she had been broadcasting diligently on Huya Streaming Platform for more than half a year. Not only was she diligent in her work, but she was also polite to the super administrators even though she did not interact much with them.
Now, the other side was giving her this kind of attitude.
How could she accept this?
However, Su Xue didn't lose her rationality. She didn't go and start a fight with the super admin. Instead, she forced herself to calm down and continued preparing for the night's stream.
By the time the stream started in the evening, the number of viewers in the chat room had already shot up to 35,000. The old fans were the first to stream in, followed by the new viewers from a few days ago. All of them were excitedly greeting Su Xue on the chat.
[Good evening Xue Xue ~]
[Why are you so late today?]
[I've been waiting for you!]
Su Xue forced a smile at the greetings from her fans.
[Mhm, good evening ~]
[Sorry about that. Something came up earlier, so I'm a bit late.]
Then came the normal stream. When it was about 6 or 7 pm, Su Xue's viewer count had already reached 80,000.
But it was almost at this time ….
She couldn't get any more viewers.
Su Xue paid close attention. Indeed, just a few minutes ago, her stream's popularity was still rising. Based on the previous pace, it should've broken the 100,000 mark by now.
But now, it was stuck at 82,000 viewers. No matter what she did, it couldn't go any higher.
Su Xue felt a chill in her heart.
As expected.
Her viewer count really was locked.
Soon, some of the viewers in the stream began to notice that something was wrong.
[Huh? Is there a problem with our viewer count?]
[Why is it only 82,000?]
[There's no way there's so few viewers at this level.]
[Damn, it's true. The other streams next door have over 200,000 viewers, but they don't even have a third of our viewers.]
[What the hell? Did Hu Ya's system explode?]
[Is there a bug?]
Even though Su Xue knew the truth, she could only keep it to herself.
From her perspective, even though Hu Ya was in the wrong, she was still a contracted streamer. Even if she felt wronged, she shouldn't rashly complain to her fans. After all, she still had to maintain Hu Ya's image.
Locking the viewer count …
In a few days, it should be unlocked.
Su Xue could only force herself to be optimistic.
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