How do you help a new streamer not get discouraged by the 0–2 viewer days?
My S.O. recently started streaming and I've been trying to encourage her to stick with it, but I think she's starting to hit that stage a lot of new streamers probably run into where the low-viewer streams start getting discouraging.
She mostly does cozy games, she's 420 friendly, and honestly one of the things I think she's really good at is actually engaging when someone comes into chat. If somebody starts a conversation with her, she'll actually talk with them instead of just giving one-word responses and going back to the game.
The hard part is obviously getting enough people through the door in the first place for her to have those conversations.
Her channel is ItsNyxara420 on Twitch if anyone wants context for what she's doing, but I'm not looking for F4F or asking people to go follow her. I'd actually rather hear from people who have gone through that early stage themselves.
What helped you get through the streams where basically nobody showed up?
Was there anything you changed that helped turn occasional viewers into people who actually came back?
And probably the biggest one... how did you stop yourself from looking at that viewer number and feeling like you were doing something wrong?
I'm a streamer myself, so I can give her my perspective, but sometimes advice hits differently when it isn't coming from your S.O. 😂