Etiquette for Artists advertising in chat?
I'm very new to Twitch and was happy to see my first 'stranger' in chat. They asked what games I'm into, complimented my setup etc for about 5 minutes, then offhandedly mentioned they're an artist and I'd really suit an anime 'chibi?' style logo for Twitch.
I said I made my own logo but its more of a placeholder and suggestions are cool with me but I do all my own stuff as I'm artistic. They then mentioned they do commission work but started to get really pushy about showing me. I told them to DM me on twitter and i'll look later.
They then started commenting 'Texted you!!' and asked me to look- bare in mind I'm mid-GAME. I said i'll look after the stream, thanked them for their interest but they wouldn't stop bringing it up/ kept commenting 'Please'. I looked after my stream and they 100% came into my stream and feigned interest to self-promote. Now they're pestering me in my DM's. I'm happy to block/ decline, I have common sense- I just wanted to know, is this common? Is it considered normal to have artists reach out?
I'm fine with fellow creators making each other aware of what they do/ I'm sure they do this as a job, but I feel cheated that I thought I had someone enjoy my stream only to start pushing their comms business.
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UPDATE:
Thankyou for the bluntness and honesty. I did feel some weird obligation to hear them out and have banned a lot of bots- it didn't cross my mind that this person could be a scammer (naive, I know) even though I knew I wouldn't be commissioning anything. I'll toughen up and get a friend or 2 to be a mod to prevent stuff like this again. Really appreciate the responses