[Marshland]

This is a really good point! I'll often put on a streamer while tabbed over to do some artwork or a game. It's good background noise even if I'm not really watching everything. You still feel like part of a conversation. However, twitch is a bit like a conversation you can leave and rejoin without it being considered socially "rude" xD

It's a very flexible platform that has is a big crossover between virtual social connections and entertainment.

Yeah exactly, you don't have to watch the entire stream and just pop in-and-out whenever you can. With a podcast for example i generally want follow the conversation more which is kinda distracting