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Re:Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewa... by tarboreus on Monday December 26, 2022 @06:13PM (#34142990)
Playing the game was what was draining?
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Re:Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewa... by dawatchusay on Monday December 26, 2022 @07:10PM (#34143358)
Yeah, wow
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Re:Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewa... by byecomputer on Monday December 26, 2022 @07:36PM (#34143511)
The act of performing in front of others was probably the draining part.

But also, yeah. If you need someone to watch you do X so you can enjoy X, maybe you don't like X all that much in the first place.

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Re:Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewa... by Jensson on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:18PM (#34144262)
Streaming games live is a job that people burn out doing, it is very draining.
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Re:Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewa... by winternett on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @10:38PM (#34169202)
That's because it really doesn't pay to do so... Even though a lot of streamers act like they're making money, they're really not getting paid much.
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Re:Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewa... by Buttons840 on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:20PM (#34144286)
Yes, normally I would play for 30 mins and then do something else. It was Outer Wilds though, a mystery / puzzle game similar to Myst and so the problem solving made it more tiring and more tempting to take breaks.
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