Ask Lemmy

Some livestreamers (even big ones) are legitimately fun to watch, but I agree that there are a lot of livestreamers that just do "reaction content" which, while it can be fun (in the same way as Rifftrax/MST3K), isn't something most streamers put enough effort into to be considered good. Instead it ends up being a low-effort way of generating views.

If you want some good streamers, some of the big streamers I like are people like,

• Vinesauce Vinny: Unhinged but chill New York Italian streamer who likes corrupting games (fucking with the ROM/RAM while the game is running) and laughing at unhinged 80's and 90's video game commercials; in a band with Jabroni Mike and he's also known as "binyot".
• Jabroni Mike: Unhinged and not chill New York Italian streamer who loves dredging up YouTube content slop to laugh at; in a band with Vinny and he's also known as "Cumchugger".
• Vargskelethor: Absolutely unhinged swedish metalhead who lives in a public toilet where he points and laughs at people while they take a shit (very childish sense of humor, but a lot of fun to watch because you never know what to expect); in a metal band called Scythelord along with a self-titled solo project. Also known as Joel, Yo-ell, Jobel, fecalfunny.com, etc.
• Jerma985: a fucking psycho in semi-retirement; best known for his irl streams like the Dollhouse (IRL Sims with chat controlling Jerma), baseball stream (~~shoved an entire baseball up his ass, live on twitch~~ put together two fictional baseball teams for a livestreamed baseball game), carnival stream (he had chat-controlled robots to let chat play the games), ~~archeology~~ geology stream, Who Will Replace Me?, and so on.
• Laimu/Limealicious: vtuber affiliated with Vinesauce, """wholesome""" streamer.
• Fredrik Knudsen: Yes, the "Down the Rabbit Hole guy" also has a twitch channel.
• WhiskeyDing0: another vtuber, this time furry as fuck, but he plays a lot of indie horror games and sometimes organizes VRChat game shows with other furry streamers; also probably the biggest furry streamer right now. Great way to find new indie horror games.
• Jall: furry "fleshtuber" with an absolutely insane setup designed to try and recreate the feeling of watching a YouTube poop, except it's live. Warning: consume in small doses; his streams are a sensory overload like nothing else.

Even if it's not your thing, I'd highly recommend looking up the stream vods for Jerma's IRL stuff, it's brilliant and extremely high-effort.

Edit: I was just trying to make some suggestions, jeez.

Steamers with like 10-30 people are fun to watch or hangout with, when it's 7,000 emojis and someone making $100k a month... Meh

How about the entertainment industry as a whole?