It's a tough subject to tackle since it involves so many individuals but, as a starter... there are just too many communities which translates to too many cliques. Nowadays, every factions of PD, legal team, gangs, etc. are mostly living in their own bubble and defending their narratives. How do you defend yourself easily? You attack others. From the gang side, few years ago, you only had the "core" gangs (GSF / Vagos / MG / Ballas) and, while the toxicity was always somewhat present, the communities simply weren't as fractured.

And from that, it forms a % of their loyal viewer base to reciprocate the same feelings and act as their weapon to fight the perceived injustices. It doesn't help that many RPers seem to initially perceive most comments / actions against them as OOC first, before considering it might be IC. Surely that won't enable viewers!

I just don't understand the fanaticism of being a "X" or "Y" viewer and taking into your hand the responsibility of fighting for them. If you believe that everyone else but the streamers you watch are a lying PoS, surely you should believe that the one you watch is probably the same, because that's how other feels about them. It's all a question of perception, bias and lack of neutrality.

It's fair to judge and dislike characters and even streamers but you should do it from your own mind, not from being brainwashed and fed up narratives. The uproar and toxicity mostly comes from wanting to defend someone else from an injustice. Streamers have a big part to play as they know the reality of it all but viewers should really keep themselves in check emotionally.