Dunno when it started but noticed in the last couple weeks that individual users have been able to kick off hypetrains by gifting 5 subs and no other events.
Here’s the hype train start data I was able to log out, but as you can see, the only ‘valid’ contribution wouldve been the 5 gift subs from 1 user and the hype train article specifically mentions that
“One viewer cannot start a Hype Train alone. A Hype Train is kicked off by a spike in contributions in a channel coming from different viewers within a 5-minute period, called support events.”
{ "total_progress": 2540.0, "expires_at": "2024-11-18T10:27:14.819556365Z", "from_channel_id": 144528024.0, "event": "begin", "top_other_contribution": { }, "goal_progress": 940.0, "id": "052ac578-1057-46dd-8fee-52d2078cfba7", "current_goal": 1800.0, "last_contribution": { "user_name": "tinyxdreams", "user_id": "486068032", "total": 2500.0, "display_name": "TinyxDreams", "type": "subscription" }, "type": 1.0, "current_level": 2.0, "top_subscription_contribution": { "user_name": "tinyxdreams", "user_id": "486068032", "total": 2500.0, "display_name": "TinyxDreams" }, "top_bits_contribution": { "user_name": "reaperxde", "user_id": "72847428", "total": 40.0, "display_name": "reaperxde" }, "trigger_type": 17.0 }