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> With a big influencer/creator it's a one-way relationship to the audience. With a smaller influencer/creator, it can be more two-way. It's still delusional t

> With a big influencer/creator it's a one-way relationship to the audience. With a smaller influencer/creator, it can be more two-way. It's still delusional thinking you can have a 'relationship' with someone on the other end of a screen that you are never going to meet in real life.

sodality2 5y ago
Still "insane", but certainly a different beast...
DevKoala 5y ago
I don’t know why you are being downvoted rather than being argued against. I agree with you in spirit. To an individual with thousands of followers, no single follower is more important than the mass. Obviously one of these followers could become a true friend, but friends dedicate time to nurture their friendships, and realistically nobody has enough time to keep that many friendships.
- neolog 5y ago
  because that's not what they said.
- seppin 5y ago
  Right, and they are doing it all for commercial reasons as well. Their followers = money.
- duckhelmet 5y ago
  >I don’t know why you are being downvoted rather than being argued against. Because people would rather down-vote than change my mind!
calt 5y ago
> It's still delusional thinking you can have a 'relationship' It's overly cynical to think that you need to be intimate and in the flesh to call it a 'relationship' (in scare quotes?). It is a relationship. There's a real exchange of ideas and emotions.
- seppin 5y ago
  For money.
KronisLV 5y ago
In regards to streaming and content creation platforms, i largely agree - it's more akin to improv theatre with one artist, but the kind where you could affect their act in subtle ways. > It's still delusional thinking you can have a 'relationship' with someone on the other end of a screen that you are never going to meet in real life. With this, however, i disagree. It's old fashioned to think that friendships can only happen in meat space. Plenty of people actually prefer online and remote communication in many circumstances, since those can offer a way to meet people from wildly different cultures or with similar interests, whereas for others it's a great way to keep in touch with friends who are a long distance away. For example, i currently live about 60 km from the nearest city in which I could find a significant amount of fellow developers, yet this very platform allows me to see what people all over the world keep themselves busy with. There is definitely a community aspect there. In regards to personal relationships, some of my online friends are people with whom I can be more honest about my life circumstances than those that i face every day - since they could also have a larger impact on my life with their reactions and differing views.

sodality2 5y ago

Still "insane", but certainly a different beast...

DevKoala 5y ago

I don’t know why you are being downvoted rather than being argued against. I agree with you in spirit. To an individual with thousands of followers, no single follower is more important than the mass. Obviously one of these followers could become a true friend, but friends dedicate time to nurture their friendships, and realistically nobody has enough time to keep that many friendships.

neolog 5y ago
because that's not what they said.
seppin 5y ago
Right, and they are doing it all for commercial reasons as well. Their followers = money.
duckhelmet 5y ago
>I don’t know why you are being downvoted rather than being argued against. Because people would rather down-vote than change my mind!

calt 5y ago

> It's still delusional thinking you can have a 'relationship' It's overly cynical to think that you need to be intimate and in the flesh to call it a 'relationship' (in scare quotes?). It is a relationship. There's a real exchange of ideas and emotions.

seppin 5y ago
For money.

KronisLV 5y ago

In regards to streaming and content creation platforms, i largely agree - it's more akin to improv theatre with one artist, but the kind where you could affect their act in subtle ways. > It's still delusional thinking you can have a 'relationship' with someone on the other end of a screen that you are never going to meet in real life. With this, however, i disagree. It's old fashioned to think that friendships can only happen in meat space. Plenty of people actually prefer online and remote communication in many circumstances, since those can offer a way to meet people from wildly different cultures or with similar interests, whereas for others it's a great way to keep in touch with friends who are a long distance away. For example, i currently live about 60 km from the nearest city in which I could find a significant amount of fellow developers, yet this very platform allows me to see what people all over the world keep themselves busy with. There is definitely a community aspect there. In regards to personal relationships, some of my online friends are people with whom I can be more honest about my life circumstances than those that i face every day - since they could also have a larger impact on my life with their reactions and differing views.