How has the influx of streamers/YouTubers affected your VRChat experience?
I started playing VRChat in 2016. I was fairly active on Twitch back then and the streaming community for VRChat was relatively small. I made a lot of close friends during the first year before I decided to take a break due to school.

I came back earlier this year and the community has changed a lot. In addition to all the public lobbies filled with crashers and hackers, it seems that half the community now streams or makes VRChat videos. While I love that this increase in publicity has attracted more people to the community, I can’t help but feel a change in the interactions that I have with players.

More and more people are becoming concerned with creating “interesting content” for their viewers. I originally loved VRChat due to the deep and meaningful conversations that you could have with others. The need to create content has now turned many of these interactions into public spectacles and I can’t help but feel that they have become more superficial.

However, that’s not to say that you can’t have meaningful conversations with others anymore. There are still many chill people/groups out there and you can always just avoid the streamers. In addition, people play VRChat for different reasons. I’m not trying to bash on content creators. This is just my personal experience. What’s yours