What does “parasocial” mean to you?
I feel like there are a loooooot of different understandings of this term.
The actual definition is:
Relating to or involving a one-sided emotional connection with someone (especially a celebrity or fictional character) whom one does not know personally.
But a lot of people use this term in vanillas chat when anyone gives their opinion on a streamer or an opinion on the way someone’s playing a game. To me that doesn’t really fit the definition. If anything I think intensely defending a streamer from criticism like you know them personally fits the definition more. Am I misunderstanding something?