>>45769865it's something JP streamers on YT inherited from niconico
nico live's chat was basically a modified version of the original danmaku comments
people in the chat appeared appeared mostly as "anonymous" with no way to @-tag each other, so the conversations were mostly between the streamer and the viewers ("listeners", since most streams were audio only)
meanwhile on non-japanese streaming sites the chat was a full chat room, with colored usernames, avatars, and all kinds of shit
