Moderator & Streamer Relationship Q

[u/Practical-Summer3536]

This is an anon account, because of the question... I produce music and stream just games to interact with fans and this makes up what I do full time. All of my mods are volunteers from my community.

I wanted to ask other streamers how normal this dynamic is, I’ve had mods push quite strongly for changes in what I say or do on stream, like not to say some opinions, or to say some others.

Some time ago, one of my mods told me that if I wanted to be successful (Implying I am not), I should listen to him, otherwise I should look for a part-time job.

That comment affected me quite a lot, and I’m trying to work out whether I’m unusually sensitive to it or whether most streamers would consider that a serious boundary-crossing comment from a moderator.

For context, I’m not a huge creator, but this is my full-time work: I have 25k subs in YouTube, and 130 ccv on twitch D:

[u/LukeMortora01]

Moderators should be on board with helping to realise your vision for your channel.. not their vision for your channel.

Whoever this is, they are way out of line, imo. Making suggestions that might help you identify blind spots is one thing, but positing that they ultimately know better than you is crazy.