FightinCowboy, a "popular" Soulsborne Content Creator on YouTube, has a history of abrasive behavior towards his viewers. Over the years, I've noticed increasingly odd patterns among his fans that suggest they might be Bots. This raises questions about the integrity of gaming companies and content creation as a whole.

*The Smoking Gun*

One key example is the Twitter user @AHMEDTHE302 (https://twitter.com/AHMEDTHE302), who interacts with FightinCowboy and @SQUCOFFEE (https://x.com/SQUCOFFEE), a dubious profile linked to a suspicious website, showing signs of being a phishing site and has a six-year discrepancy between its domain registration and Twitter account creation.

@AHMEDTHE302 Interactions with FightinCowboy (https://x.com/search?q=(from%3AAHMEDTHE302)%20(%40Fightincow...)

@AHMEDTHE302 Interactions with SQUCOFFEE (https://x.com/search?q=(from%3AAHMEDTHE302)%20(%40SQUCOFFEE)...)

Criminal IP Report on SQUCoffee.com (https://www.criminalip.io/domain/report?scan_id=13013611)

Whois Record for SQUCoffee.com (https://www.whois.com/whois/squcoffee.com)

Furthermore, @AHMEDTHE302 was created a month after @SQUCOFFEE and has a poor score of 2.6/5 on Botometer X (https://botometer.osome.iu.edu/).

*Bot Behavior Patterns*

In FightinCowboy's comment sections, I've identified users exhibiting consistent bot-like behaviors; mismatched playlists, repeated videos, and actions defying human logic. Out of 120 accounts investigated in his first Elden Ring video, about 100 displayed these patterns.

Examples:
Playlist 1 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpopzkXp78bCCwVtUNSwk...), Playlist 2 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PvLLlrarbj6ki8cmlU5...)

They often exhibit toxic behaviors and share a similar language to FightinCowboy's. Accounts like @Solaire01444301 (https://x.com/search?q=(from%3ASolaire01444301)%20(%40Fighti...) and @Sunlight_Sword (https://x.com/search?q=(from%3ASunlight_Sword)%20(%40Fightin...) raise red flags with their similar profiles and poor Botometer scores.

*Stolen Content*

Nathaniel Ivanis operates, so far, twenty-eight YouTube channels. They exhibit similar patterns to FightinCowboy's Bots and often steal content from legitimate creators.

Many uploads involve Bombastic for the PS2, stolen from @bIuecrimson on YouTube by nine accounts!

Examples:
Original [2012-12-04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HJNRg6XQJo), Theft 1 [2020-02-14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkP9CKlNgWY), Theft 2 [2020-02-16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcg_IZv0vZ8), Theft 3 [2020-02-21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7K7YqRedjM)

I tried reporting Nathaniel Ivanis to YouTube, but @TeamYouTube dismissed it as "Free Speech".
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDsRC8vXoAAQCID?format=png&name=...), (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDuPly_X0AA74HL?format=png&name=...), YouTube doesn't enforce its policies (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3399767?hl=en)

*Call to Action*

There are all sorts of problems here, as everyone is being affected by this elaborate lie and Botting like this makes the Internet worse by the day.
I've consistently reported on them, but virtually nothing worked. I find it hard to believe that some of the biggest corporations, having huge teams behind their most hyped products, cannot practice their due diligence. By further evidence of the #FixTF2 movement, they're taking advantage of the Botting and condone the system. FightinCowboy is not the only problem, but he sets a terrible precedent; if he can get away with it for so long, who else is guilty?
How can we hold platforms accountable for not addressing these issues? What steps can we take as a community to expose and combat view-botting and fraudulent practices?