>>106023305sorry to double long post but i think in general that idea of "buisness pairing" is what's important in groups.
I think there are probably 3 audiences for online groups.
A: Oshikatsu <-> Gachikoi/Yume
B: CGDCT <-> Shipper/Fujo
C: Cilps Watcher <-> Game Specific
You have to generally appeal to group C to grow, and hopefully convert those people into either A or B fans. And that's why the girls play so many different games. To hook people into becoming A's or B's. The difference between them is the type of parasocialism that is created between the streamers and the audience.
In type A, it's a one to one connection. From one streamer to one viewer. But from the streamers pov they have multiple one to one connections they are managing in aggregate using coded language. Mostly Lore and fansa.
In type B, its a many to one connection. From all of the streamers in the group, to the one viewer. but again, since from the perspective of the group, the audience is many people, they also have to be vague. "buisness", injokes, and skinship.
Speaking from my experience as a fan, the process goes like this:
Stage C: casual fan, doesn't know the memes or anything yet but get introduced to them slowly via clips or streams. no donos. "Rabbit Hole"
Stage B: general knowledge about most of the group, knows a good amount of the lore, can sort of imagine the friendships between most of the girls. Superchats here and there, maybe small merch. "Lore Head"
Stage A: true blue oshidom, hyperfixation onto one person. muse, idol, whatever. Binging as much lore as possible. Membership and merch set buyer. "Super Fan"
As a person gets conditioned more and more into having type A style attachment, probably also when they get more income, that's also when you start getting gifted memberships to other members more often too, hoping to piggy back off the Stage B attatchment you have for the other girls to somewhat become Stage A.
So you see how type B is actually VITAL to gaining type A fans? Sure some people will become type A real fast if the fit is right, but i think thats usually because you fit into that type B style attachment from the jump. which means that the person you like, you relate to them in how they interact with others in the group, and see something familiar in them.
If you have minimal interactions between other members, and no dynamics, just platonic equality, that might not be relatable to the audiences you are hoping to attract. Type B is the "hako" part of "Holo Hako".
This also implies that you usually won't make type A fans from clips alone. To sublimate directly from C to A is nearly impossible.
