During a livestream on April 9, 2023, Twitch personality Quintin "Quin69" voiced his thoughts on streamers who develop parasocial relationships with their audience. The conversation on the topic began when he received a donation from a viewer who stated that Quintin forgot to say that he "loved" them, as he was busy playing Path of Exile.
The New Zealander slyly grinned after hearing the donor's message and claimed that it was "weird." He added that he would not encourage parasocial relationships by saying such things on his livestream.
As the discussion progressed, Quin69 expressed his sentiments on content creators who claim to "love" their viewers. He stated:
Quin69 was busy playing Path of Exile when he received a donation from a viewer, who stated:
After hearing what the viewer said, the content creator started laughing and responded:
Timestamp: 08:00:15
A few moments later, the 32-year-old personality claimed that the situation was "bad" whenever streamers engaged in building parasocial relationships with their audience. He claimed that this should be against the platform's Terms of Service (ToS) and that it should be a bannable offense. Continuing further, Quin69 added:
Quintin's take on parasocial relationships was shared on the r/LivestreamFail subreddit. Here's what the Reddit community had to say:
While several community members agreed with Quin69, one Redditor claimed that as a content creator, moderating the language would be "extremely difficult and annoying."
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