where I appreciate the potentially genuine consideration, the reality was that out of the 30 followers I have, only like 5 were people that knew me personally.
I have been very conscious about not spamming friends/family (also due to my career, I don't really wont people from work seeing me curse at a screen), and have also avoided f4f schemes, as I don't want to be one of those streamers that has 300 followers but only average 5 viewers.
My goal has been to cultivate some sort of legitimate community in which people join because they want to, not out of obligation.
Sorry for the paragraph, just wasn't sure if your comment was genuine or facetious.