This weekend I watching a stream on Twitch dot Television (as you do), when someone joined the chat of the channel I was watching and said the following as their first message:
"Hey, I've never seen your stream before, but you're the streamer with the lowest viewer count that I could find. I'm not going to watch, because I have better things to do. But I'll leave your stream on to boost you."
And all I could think of was "My friend what the actual, factual fuck did you just type". Why would anyone in their right mind think that is an okay thing to say?? Did they consider themselves a hero for adding +1 to the active viewer count, and expect some manner of recognition for it? Did they want a cookie?? And even if they did legitimately think that they were bestowing some manner of magnanimous blessing, why the hell would they lead with "Hey, according to the metrics, you're clearly in need of help"??
The streamer took it in serious stride, though, with basically a response of "Thanks much for lurking!" Honestly far more than the fool deserved.
By the by, the viewer count at the time this comment was made was around 250. Which is, by my count, pretty heckin' respectable??
This probably not worth the consideration I'm giving it.
