Twitch wise it's been so nice doing the content I WANT to do as opposed to the content I feel the NEED to do. Like I'd get caught up in the "I need to do x cause it's popular" and genuinely, it sucked Now I'm just streaming whatever and it's great, no worrying about stats and just vibing

I think a lot of it has come down to the fact that 90% of my growth comes from off stream stuff now (like posting clips, following folks here, Twitter engagement etc.) that I can afford more freedom with content Growing in directories is a tougher ask, so off stream work is so key now

Unfortunately, for a small streamer like me it is a big difference with a NEED game than WANT game. Never get new followers with a want game, but see alot more action with a need game. I rather do "want" tho, so I rarely get any growth.