• @whotookkarl
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    3022 hours ago

    RIP Justin TV and early twitch where most streams didn’t have selfie cams or cartoon avatars. Anonymity isn’t just a haunted house on Long Island, it’s part of the early internet hacker culture too many forget or never learn.

    • @[email protected]
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      1321 hours ago

      Why are you calling out cartoon avatars here? They protect the identity/anonymity of the streamer, no?

      • @[email protected]
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        1321 hours ago

        They either fail to realize that the avatar is to maintain anonymity, while giving people a personable figure to watch, or they are just one of those people who don’t like it due to personal preferences, and want to sound like they have a better reason than that.

      • @whotookkarl
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        121 hours ago

        You’re right that’s a bit too far, I’d rather just see the content than someone or something’s reaction to it.

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      4723 hours ago

      It means the dad was a vtuber. Picture a Twitch streamer, but with an anime girl avatar instead of seeing the streamer.

    • @[email protected]
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      823 hours ago

      There’s a lot of money to be made being a fake girl on the internet getting gifts from sweaty horny dudes.