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Streaming is overrated. Nobody watches a vtuber (or streamer) because they are particularly entertaining. They just watch them because they saw them in a meme or fanart and want to feel like they are fans of the source material, just to "fit in." It's the same thing with gacha games. The constant hunt for "secondaries" and "fake fans" has lead to an epidemic of no standards because people always value the source material over any derivatives even if the source material is vastly inferior. And worst of all the source gets free advertisement off the backs of fans who honestly do the real work in increasing interest for vtubers (and streamers) without seeing so much as a dime from them. And those fans are probably doing it because one their favorite artists, animators, or other social media personalities made something relating to a vtuber and now they feel obligated to be fans of that vtuber as well. Nothing is honest anymore, and it's led to a watered down form of entertainment where everyone pretends they're enjoying it just so they don't feel like they're missing out on something. If people were more honest with themselves and others, then there wouldn't be a fear of missing out and streaming would have virtually no market value.
