>>52098197For a long time I couldn't figure out why I couldn't treat vtubers the same as actors in a tv show, or wrestlers in WWE, or video games like you mention. For me I think the difference is that vtubing doesn't have the 100% very clear 'everything you're watching is completely fake' guarantee unlike those. A vtuber whose persona is a 3000 year old dragon saying she's 3000 years old is a lie, but it's obviously one. No one's getting tricked, it's for the entertainment of the audience, just like actors in a movie. Vtubers are much more than their character bio though, most of their content comes from the person themselves and most of what they tell is presumed to actually be true (e.g. stories about going grocery shopping or whatever). A vtuber believably lying about herself, not the character, to make herself appear good to get more (real) donations feels very different to me. To me that feels the same as a fleshtuber donation baiting by saying their dog needs treatment when they don't even have a dog, just gross behavior. It's completely a personal issue though, I know most people don't care.
I really like your way of saying it though. I think I also know they're pretending, treat as such unless proven otherwise, but I dislike that they know not everyone does that and they deliberately lie to get those people to spend more money.
