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Streamers are at fault for parasocial relationships, amirite?
by Anonymous2 years ago
Parasocial relationships existed long before streaming.
by Anonymous2 years ago
yeah but streamers made it worse. But at the same time i cant blame them becuase I dont think you can make money of streaming anything other then high level gameplay or doing some kind of talk show without engaging in that para social stuff while streaming.
by Anonymous2 years ago
wholly agree
actually, mostly agree. There are some people who just cant interpret basic interactions properly and see them as personal relationships but you're right there are lots of cases where they actually foster that relationship then decry it
by Anonymous2 years ago
OTV is hypocritical, **no way i never could have guessed**.
by Anonymous2 years ago
gasp
by Anonymous2 years ago
That's how they make their money
by Anonymous2 years ago
Mhmm
by Anonymous2 years ago
It's not a bug. It's a feature. Oops. Sorry I manipulated you into give me a ton of money
by Anonymous2 years ago
"We're all friends and I love you guys! Let's hang out! You can silently watch me do stuff- oh, unless you want to send me money every time you speak? Then I'll acknowledge what you said briefly! and here's a Discord server so that you can talk among yourselves about how great I am, and here are some links for you to send me money and buy a T-shirt with my face on it." Imagine if you had a real life ‘friend' that acted like this
by Anonymous2 years ago
Its not exclusive to streaming. You just described any political party in the us.
by Anonymous2 years ago
thats literally no friend lol that's what businesses do
by Anonymous2 years ago
You can generally tell if someone has too close a relationship with their audience.
See it on YouTube a lot where creators will either getting too emotionally attached to their audience...or start resenting them.
by Anonymous2 years ago
Yep, which is why I think it's weird that everyone hopped on the trend of bashing the viewers while ignoring the obvious things the creators do/have done.
by Anonymous2 years ago
I mean, it's not surprising, a single person/occupation is easier to blame than "all of society"
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