Genuine social connection is not possible on corporate mediated platforms friend, a simulation thereof is bait in their trap and parasocial relationships are manufactured to slip their messaging past your filters. I implore you to go outside, or at least start building connection with strangers in niches like this vs would-be celebrities in what is essentially a slaughterhouse for processing lonely dudes
Comment on Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Twitch is a SOCIAL website, you chat with the streamer and they chat back. All these ads do is interrupt the conversation and it’s SICK to me. It ruins the entire experience. I don’t mind the pop up small ads, but the full screen ads with sound just trashed the entire conversation. Always seems to happen when I ask a streamer a question then BAM 6 full screen ads when the streamer starts to answer me. No, I’m not paying for turbo or a sub, I’m f*ing broke right now.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I avoid big channels, anything more then 20 people or so and I go to a smaller channel.
I made good friends over the years on twitch.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Also the internet makes money mostly with ads, which is a way to manipulate people’s opinions on things.
helios@social.ggbox.fr 3 days ago
You are correct, it’s absolutely horrendous. I’m not even broke but I don’t want to give money to Bezos so I just don’t watch twitch anymore.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Twitch is more of a parasocial website in most cases though, unless you’re watching exceptionally small streamers