[pen2l]

Nearly everything in that space comes with a sea of confounding factors; biological imperative is fickle thing. I find it akin to gambling, in that folks with impulse control disorder are most susceptible to making rash and often ill-advised decisions.

Point I'm trying make is you can't sensibly extrapolate lessons from there and apply them to a different space. Sadly. Because it is an absolute cashcow and I reckon it probably makes for like a quarter of Stripe's income.

[spacebanana7]

Social interaction can be just as much of a biological imperative as reproduction.

I bet many people would be willing to pay $500 for a FaceTime call with MrBeast. Or pay $50 to choose which makeup their vlogger tries on. Maybe even $100 for their favourite comedian to make a joke about them.

[tiedieconderoga]

What you're describing is parasocial interaction, not social interaction.

[mywacaday]

One person was willing to pay a lot more: https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-mrbeast-recal...

I was initially horrified when I read it first but then realised it would be like someone with $100k paying out $25 for a birthday present.