Markiplier said it himself that he wishes he could go back to having a small fanbase, not because he hates his fans, but because he feels like he cant have normal friendships with people now.
The inspiration for the meme: I used to stream and treated it like a social thing. I don’t have anytime, anymore for streaming but made lots of close friends. Recently I found out a few freinds that I thought were close were using me for exposure. Then another streamer I liked blew up mid stream that he had less than 10 viewers and started a piity party… Its a real 3-15 people decided to spend time with you, appreciate that fact.
My average viewership is like 5, with about 40 regulars. I fucking love that they take time out of their day to hangout.
That’s too bad.
I hadn’t seen him before (heard his name though). After a month maybe .06% of the world will see a video he puts out - I’m surprised he has trouble meeting people who’ve never heard of him.
Toxicity is the word you were looking for.
Bad use of the format.
Fine line between “chat is a bunch of friends and we have fun together” and “there are so many people I don’t remember anything about anyone”.
It’s a weird dichotomy, I stream for fun and prevent me gaming in the dark, alone; but it also affects my game choice and starts to feel like an obligation because people start to feel at home there.
Analytics and gamification behind the scenes adds some stress too, number to up makes dopamine go brr.
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One of my favorite youtube channels is lotaeri. He gets like no views but he’s always having fun and is just a genuinely good dude.
I stream because i enjoy playing single player games and it’s nice having people to hang out with and share the experiences. I know I will never “hit it big”, I don’t have enough time to put in since I work full time. But I enjoy playing video games and it’s cool to make a little side cash on your hobby.
The biggest toxicity in streaming is typically from yourself. Always watching your followers numbers and viewership, wondering what you did because one stream did worse than another. I find myself falling into that trap as well sometimes and it definitely makes wanting to stream again hard.
The middle is what usually happens if people are on the verge of breaking even. Then it’s immensely stressful, because they have to switch jobs otherwise. And where to do you go if you are uneducated and have experience in nothing else but streaming? While being not successful at that.
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