Raora, as Panko grows increasingly racoonish: Basta, finito!Yelling in Italian, for sure. Something about Italian cursing is just
The problem is that statement is essentially the same as saying yes to the question.
The issue affects even non-GFE streamers, though. Even if you are not GFE and only going for the "kawaii uWu animu girl" that banters and plays games with chat, admitting you have have an SO is still a detriment to your growth.
I just don't want to hear endless blabbering and complaining about bfs or past relationships. You just know some of these girls would use that as their main content, drop viewers because of it and then blame it on "having a BF", and not on introducing content their male viewers think is stupid. The BF stigma is a shield protecting me from boring, annoying rants I've hear a million times already. Ladies if your BF was so interesting I'd just go watch them stream. Maybe I do....
I expect them to dodge the question for their benefit just like any politically charged question. That's the power of the streamer. It's also a skill to build up and even so people fuck up
Admit you have a partner but say they’re the same sex as you. Chat would get off on it.
I won't pretend to know the answer, since you do bring up a good point. The dynamic does change depending on whether or not a chuuba is just starting out, or if they already have an established audience.
It's akin to voyeurism. Fans who actively involve themselves in the fanbase, like make fan projects, or do some really dedicated autistic thing, or basically invest themselves a lot in the chuuba, might not like the idea that some mod or manager who is very close to the chuuba IRL is vetting everything they do, and taking note of their every interaction. (I suppose an exception here would be some parental or authority figure, or a friend who "gets" the culture of the space.)
The way I have seen some people avoid that sort of question is by adding it to the chat rules as "don't ask personal questions" which shields you enough that if they keep prodding you it's enough to ban them and no one other than autist would complain.
Have you seen some of the most popular content creators of all time? a lot of them have a known BF and they still get a lot of money from their audience, specially the ones with an OnlyFans where they get railed by said BF, it may come down to what audience they go after and the type of content they make.
That's really all it comes down with these bigger lies. Telling chat you're a pure virgin is just gonna come back to bite you in the ass when they find out your lying, and also makes them distrust everything else you'll ever say. If you don't want chat to know your sex life that's completely reasonable so just avoid the fucking topic instead of going "UwU I'm a silly girlfailure who can't get a man" while also being crazy hot. Men are not that picky when it comes to dating, your audience of 99% men knows that.
Uhhh...Why? Asking in completely good faith here, why would that thought even cross someone's mind unless that person is actually trying to groom the chuuba in question.
Pretty much this, the actual problem here isn't that they have a boyfriend, it's that if they lie about one thing then they're probably lying about other things too. Being dishonest is an inherently unpleasant personality trait regardless of what it is they're lying about at that particular moment in time.
Have a rule saying not to ask about or disclose personal information relating to anyone, and enforce it. It's just an extension of common courtesies like not doxing or roommateposting really; if someone goes into a vtuber's chat and asks if they have a boyfriend, they're obviously looking for trouble, so nobody who's worth keeping around would expect them to humour that kind of question with a response.
