>>975811>Should you ever make friends with individual viewers you like?It is inevitable to form a friendly relationship when interacting with people, unless you are sitting at 2k+ viewers, by which time you'll have enough experience to deal with it as they come (unless overnight success, but that's not something you have to worry about). Pic related - a vtuber who's liveviewers bounce between 700 and 2k. Just remember that they are not your anime nakama, but an audience that wishes to be entertain.
>Should you ever make friends with your mod team or keep a business relationship with them?You must absolutely have a good relationship with your mod team. They can fuck you over in a massive way.
>Should you ever make friends with other vtubers or are they just there only because you're a vtuber and they want your numbers?You shouldn't be an asocial asshole to begin with - people like bad boys, but assholes are hated. Again though, people won't be throwing themselves to collaborate with you, so its only natural to start building a network with that that do. Not to mention that if you and the other person hate eachother, it'd be a bad stream regardless.
>Is it viable just doing your own thing without making any connections to the 'community'?Not if you stream regularly.
>How do you spot people just using you for clout?That's not a problem you should concern yourself with at the moment.
