[npunt]

I imagine influencers are far more parasocial than social.

Acting involves attunement with fellow actors and being part of a larger creative process and work. It's a lot of showing up in person and figuring out how to work with others.

Influencers need only stay at home, work a camera, and manage parasocial fan conversations. There's no inherent in-person physicality of relationships and all the socializing that entails, nor even the need for peer relationships or any connection to a larger work that the influencer is a part of. At its core it's only a streamer and some people they probably don't know watching.

[hammyhavoc]

Depends on the kind of influencer. I see plenty of influencers travelling the world and mingling with plenty of people on corporate dime.

I think it's important to make the distinction between people who stream video games versus professional influencers.

Disclaimer: I don't rate either.

[jutrewag]

It does depend on the influencer, but the vast majority of twitch and TikTok influencers are pretty home bound.