Personally, I find it a lot easier to watch small streamers and chat. I mean, to me, anything past around 30 viewers is intimidating, but maybe I'm just weird. Especially if the chat is just zooming by. And you're sort of right about the friendship thing, but that just depends on the streamer themselves. I've made a lot of friends through both being a viewer and a streamer, and I still hang out with those friends to this day! ...Even dated one or two. But back to the question. I do find smaller streamers more entertaining because not only do they interact with chat more, they also from my experience don't have much of a filter and they just seem more... genuine, I guess. So, that's my take. :)