Dr K is the type of thing we need more of when people say things like “we need to support mental health more”. I don’t even think his content is particularly g

Dr K is the type of thing we need more of when people say things like “we need to support mental health more”. I don’t even think his content is particularly good or helpful yet his fostering of a community and overall message of normalizing taking care of your mental health is praise worthy. Twitch is a weird place, the parasocial dynamic has become so mixed with the gamification of twitch via subscribers. It is kind of gross and I agree with the other poster here, it eventually turns you off. I really wish things like sub counters and goals would be banned. Yet, twitch is run by complete morons, seriously the worst run platform I have ever seen. It has become super corporate, partnering with shady companies like cashapp, promoting garbage content like slots and soft core cam girls who use it as an advertising platform for their onlyfans. Meanwhile the “good content” is just an in group of content leeches who got lucky. Dr K proves how much power a streamer has over fostering a positive community. The community is a reflection of the streamer regardless of how much effort they put into building it. Many streamers ignore this and complain their community is toxic. It is a shame twitch doesn’t give a shit about the community it is building anymore.