DLive is a live streaming platform where viewers support creators using its virtual currency, lemons, which can be converted to real earnings. The lemon donation alert became familiar to regular viewers because it played publicly every time a donation appeared on screen, training audiences to associate the chime with generosity and hype. As clips and stream highlights moved to YouTube and social media, the sound outlived individual broadcasts and became a generic shorthand for a paid tip, donation, or small in-stream reward among gaming communities.