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yeah, the Hasan thing is pretty self evident, guy came around decrying the evil of capitalist excess only to indulge himself in it. I don't think anyone above 16 really bought his act, but the guy was always a fraud and people just like to hammer him because, well, Hasan is a bit of a prick who is easy to get a rise from, so people fuck with him, and for a while now he has been treated as a bit of a joke.
The rest of the millionaire streamers, it is a bit of a more complex relationship.
The most obvious thing to criticize is the disparity between the talent/craft and their gains. You could argue that it takes charisma and charm to be a successful streamer, but none of these people really produce anything worth of praise or memorable, it is either just talking some inane social commentary shit, or playing a game other people worked on. Yeah, there is the "commentary" and it is a "transformative work" argument that is "content", which I agree to a extent, but considering that these people, and influencers as well as long as we are in it, are rather interchangeable, few could be considered as "unique" to be warranted with such a colossal income for just being "themselves".
I mean, can anyone with a straight face say that the Moist Critical manlet is really a force of personality?
And then comes the uncomfortable part, the "friend simulator" shit, and the fact that a most of the money that these people make come from lonely people wanting to be part of "community" and wanting a piece of the attention of popular person on screen.
I'm not such a tard that I'm going to say that streamers prey on poor innocent souls that just wanna a friewnd, but they do need lonely people like that to give them gift subs and more, and thus creating this relationship of a quick acknowledgment from the streamer, incentivizing more people to get the attention and feeding into this loop that people aren't really giving money for the "content" (that isn't really that special) but for the illusion of a trendy term of "parasocial relationship".
Again, I'm not sperging about streamers are being evil an taking money from speds and shit, but like it or not, the money comes from a culture that preys on people's lonliness and longing for contact.
That is the reason there is a lot of people sperging about these twitch guys being millionaires, because a lot of these people, consciously or not, thought they were "friends" or, you know, just a guy on the internet, when in reality they are making more money than they could ever hope, and what is more, they are making money over some poor fucker doing a shitty 9-5 with no friends and no life... but hey, thanks for the superchat here is "popular guy" saying your user name.
So, you know, when you do put things in numbers like that, it does break the illusion a bit.
this is why I don't like streamers and influencers in general, it really bothers me this whole parasocial relationship more than I care to admit it and I do hope at one point culture will turn in some way that people will stop seeking attention and validation from outlets like this and just live their own lives, because it ain't really about money, but to be entrapped in this bullshit.
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