No idea if the study streamer in the article does this, but a lot of popular streamers make it a priority to interact with their viewers - e.g. CohhCarnage, Day

No idea if the study streamer in the article does this, but a lot of popular streamers make it a priority to interact with their viewers - e.g. CohhCarnage, Day9, Pestily. It's a great thing to do if there is some amount of 'down time' between games or during loading screens and such, but from what I've seen it does help make their viewers feel more heard and such. In the article they mention he studies with a pomodoro timer, so I guess he interacts with the "stream chat" during the off time and such. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Definitely not for everyone! But I can see the appeal.