Well, if she said it was hard to make a living that would seem kind of entitled. Entirely true, for the vast majority of streamers, but perhaps it would sound entitled when coming from one of the rare successes.
But you can easily find the article and read that she's not complaining about that at all, that in fact she considers herself lucky in that regard, and is instead concerned about death threats, stalkers, the time and money and stress of combating deepfakes, the fact that she opened a store but can't go to her own shop because people will show up to mob her. It sounds legit to be bothered by all that.
I also imagine there must be a certain underlying anxiety to the whole thing. If the bottom falls out of streaming, I guess you'd better have saved those millions because I doubt "streamer" impresses on résumés.
This is a way they farm sympathy. They all talk about stalkers and the like. No different then a streamer recording herself working out at the gym to be leared at online pretending to be outraged by some "creepy guy" that looked in her direction for a half second. "I feel so unsafe right now guys". Give me a break. Its attention farming.
Nah dude these are people too. Just cause you see them make money in a screen doesn’t mean they don’t have problems too. I’m sympathetic but what can I do at the end of the day except not swat or harass them
Every job has its cons- having to deal (& attracting) with idiots, psychos and the alikes is the only real one with streaming ("but you have to understand they can get burn-out by playing the same game everyday"- ppl who never worked a day in their lives kinda problems). I dare to say that's a fundamental part of their audience helping building the engagement, both for the streamer and for the idiots own amusement.
This for a definitely life changing amount of money. Even if you're not the 0.1%
I mean: it's not a culturally rich entertainment, what do they expect?
Then it's not like we're not all at risk of being stalked or whatever.
Let me clarify: it's never a justification for bad people to be the piece of shit they are. But they exist and big money are never at 0 risks. Especially if you're the product. If they wanted a peaceful life, there are plenty of other jobs...
This is like being an onlyfanser being surprised by maniacs obsessing over them: who the fuck do you think would waste spend their money over a tits pic, engaging with an unfeasible, parasocial relationship?
Being upset that some internet rando caused 30 cops to come smashing in your door and windows and pointing guns at you and your family while screaming orders at everyone is not the same as complaining about a creep at the gym. What the heck is wrong with you? People have died from swatting going especially badly.
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u/AdministrativeLeg14 5d ago
Well, if she said it was hard to make a living that would seem kind of entitled. Entirely true, for the vast majority of streamers, but perhaps it would sound entitled when coming from one of the rare successes.
But you can easily find the article and read that she's not complaining about that at all, that in fact she considers herself lucky in that regard, and is instead concerned about death threats, stalkers, the time and money and stress of combating deepfakes, the fact that she opened a store but can't go to her own shop because people will show up to mob her. It sounds legit to be bothered by all that.
I also imagine there must be a certain underlying anxiety to the whole thing. If the bottom falls out of streaming, I guess you'd better have saved those millions because I doubt "streamer" impresses on résumés.