this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
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But what does it all mean? How does it work? How does paying affect the stream? It baffles me how this kind of thing is entertainment for some people. I must be missing something about it
It means that, from our perspective, there are a lot of people with more money than sense. I agree that it entirely stupid and I would never consider throwing money at a screen this way.
During live streams you can send creators messages. If you pay to send a "special" message the creator will do what the message says. That's it.
I was reading an article about a streamer who can make 10k a night by streaming her sleeping. She doesn't do anything other than sleep with the lights on and people give her money.