"Discord's April Fools' Video Breaks YouTube View Record, Possibly Accidentally"
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Discord's April Fools' video unexpectedly garnered over 1.4 billion YouTube views due to a software quirk that caused it to play in the background of Discord's toast notifications, simulating millions of viewers. The company has not confirmed the cause but has denied intent. It remains to be seen how YouTube will address the situation, but the video's view count continues to climb slowly.
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- Discord obliterated a YouTube view count record. It may have been an accident. Mashable
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