um, for being social during stream - firstly i'm fortunate to have a nice community that i'm comfy enough to talk with!! how i socialize with my audience/community is by trying to be engaging. i ask questions, i try to remember things from the past conversations/topics to talk with, tell stories of what i heard or had happened to me like my weekend or so, go on tangents, whatever i'm comfortable with. there are times when it does get VERY quiet or i just get no answer at all, that to me means i don't have to be social. 😅 i either go back to focus on drawing, sing along to songs or talk to the void... if it's a game, i kind of just either get quiet or i narrate what i'm doing. it really depends sometimes.

i do get anxious sometimes. on days where it's hard to be social through talking, i'll just have muted streams. sometimes i would like company but don't have energy to be really social, so those streams are more like a co-working session. it helps when everyone is nice, comfy and supportive during times like those they help me overcome it 🥺💖 this is definitely more for my own personal experience and streams though, it's different for every streamer!!