They have their settings for being on network sites turned on, someone dumped them on Reddit, their hashtag hit a bot snag, could be any number of reasons. I don't know why people really focus on that particular thing, seems to be cyclical every so often. The only thing that matters is tips.
No really, despite the extra hundreds of viewers no more tips come in than usual. One time it did though and that was a pleasant surprise for her.
My guess is that she hit the advertising lottery on PornHub or similar. Sites like PornHub will open pop-up windows in the background to chat rooms; typically CB and LiveJasmin rooms. Very occasionally I've seen MFC, StripChat, and Streammate.
We (models) know that, that's why I said no shit. I wasn't being sarcastic. That's also why I said or rather implied it's not worth trying to figure out where the traffic came from -- the only thing that matters is tips.
