Discord's April Fool's Prank Accidentally Breaks GTA 6 Trailer Record

"We were just trying to have a bit of fun and get some laughs out of our users," said a Discord spokesperson. "We certainly didn't expect our little prank to blow up quite like this!" The view count skyrocketed so rapidly that it briefly surpassed GTA 6's record-breaking 93 million views in 24 hours.

However, the Discord team quickly realized something was amiss, acknowledging on Twitter (sigh, X) that it had "done something just a lil silly" and that the view count was the result of an "accidental viewbot." The only apology any enraged GTA fans were going to get from Discord was "Whoopsie doopsie!"
According to one insightful Twitter user, @NurM4rvin, Discord managed to create a working YouTube viewbot, accidentally playing the loot box trailer on a loop in the background of the in-app toast. This temporary inflation of the view count was swiftly corrected, returning the 24-hour debut record to Rockstar Games and its blockbuster GTA 6 trailer.

While the loot box announcement was indeed an April Fool's joke, the virtual treasure troves are actually a real feature in Discord, at least for the time being. Users can open them and collect various rewards, including a limited-time clown avatar badge for collecting all nine items — luckily, real money is not involved in the process.