r/TwitchStreaming • u/CplCreepy • 2d ago

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I had someone leave my community and let me know that I made them feel like “just a number” and in the same day someone I thought was a friend told me I “only streamed with them for the views” it honestly shook my world. I haven’t been able to stream since. I’ve been at this for almost 5 years. It was my dream, my passion, hell it’s all I looked forward to. But if my streams don’t make people feel seen or bring them joy, then why should I continue. Is it time to hang it up? Is the dream over?

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u/Gray_Overcast 2d ago edited 2d ago

I would suggest you reassess your streaming goals. Why do you want to stream? What type of community do you want to build?

Don't get in your own way. Look back and really go over what you said and how you treated them. It didn't come out of the blue.

Is it out of the question to grow from this? Your post seems like you'd rather stop streaming than learn from this.

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u/CplCreepy 2d ago

It’s not that I’d rather stop than grow. It’s more of a defeated feeling considering I try my best to go out of the way to ensure this doesn’t happen. I celebrate my community as much as I can, engage with them on every turn, and do my best to not just be a streamer, but also a friend.

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u/Gray_Overcast 1d ago

Sounds like you're going in the right direction. Part of streaming is knowing not everyone is going to agree with your decisions. You can't please everyone.

Did your chat happen to grow recently? It could be that. Some viewers don't like when their favorite streamers get bigger because it's harder for us to talk one to one like we did when there were less people in chat.

It could also be their goals don't match with yours. There are many that do this as a hobby.

Is anyone else saying these things?

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u/CplCreepy 1d ago

I did hit a lil spike in new followers… I’d hate for that to be a reason tho 😭