I Stopped Saying “HI USER123” Every Time Someone Joined
I used to think I was being friendly.
Someone would join, I’d immediately read their username out loud and say hi, and then… they’d disappear 10 seconds later.
For a while I thought I was doing something wrong. Then I realized that some people just want to watch quietly. Especially if they don’t know you yet, getting suddenly called out can feel like being put on stage.
Now I try not to make a big deal out of every single viewer who appears. I’ll keep talking about what I was already talking about and let them decide when they want to say something.
Having a few people chatting also seems to help. It makes the room feel less like “new person enters = everyone notices”, which is probably a lot more comfortable for lurkers.
Are you guys chatters when you watch a new streamer, or do you usually lurk for a while first?