[bakugo]

> streamers who stream for a potential social benefit may feel the need to chase trends, play the more popular games, and other similar things in order to increase/maintain viewership for more socializing opportunities

I've never heard of any streamers like this, but if any do exist, they are effectively no different than people who stream for profit because the intermediate goal of maximizing viewership is the same.

[lmm]

Maybe. Or maybe there are interesting differences. It merits being looked into rather than dismissed immediately.