Valkyrae explains why she\u2019s \u201calways paranoid\u201d about streaming YouTube: Valkyrae100 Thieves star Rachell \u2018Valkyrae\u2019 Hofstetter has opened up on why she feels like she\u2019s \u201calways paranoid\u201d about streaming on Twitch, and more recently exclusively on YouTube, and how she often doesn\u2019t feel safe online. Internet culture is well and truly on the rise in the 21st century, and stars on Twitch, TikTok, and more are becoming celebrities in their own rights. One of those huge internet stars is newly-minted YouTube streamer Valkyrae. According to the 28-year-old, however, there\u2019s plenty of less than glamourous parts of her new-found fame. In particular, \u201cdeath threats,\u201d and always being \u201cparanoid\u201d about her safety constantly dogs her ever-growing streaming career. Valkyrae admitted during a recent Q&A on YouTube that she often finds herself \u201cworrying all the time about safety.\u201d It\u2019s one of the hardest parts of being a big-time streamer, she admitted, and it\u2019s something the stars usually \u201ctry to ignore.\u201d \u201cA lot of us on the internet, we get your stalkers, your f*ppers, and your horny teeny-beanies, you know? I worry about safety a lot of the time, and I\u2019m always paranoid about my safety, especially being in the public space,\u201d she said. She added part of that fear comes from the fact you \u201cnever know who\u2019s watching,\u201d and the idea there are people out there who are \u201ctrying to get you.\u201d Valkyrae also admitted she had gotten death threats before, which hasn\u2019t helped. For mobile readers, the related segment begins at 6:26 in the video below. Her safety isn\u2019t the only thing Valkyrae tipped as the \u201chardest part of streaming\u201d either. As well as personal safety \u2014 which is of course of the utmost importance \u2014 she also included the \u201cever-worrying accountant stuff.\u201d \u201cWith streaming, you don\u2019t get an hourly paid wage. It\u2019s literally based off who decides to support you, who subs, who donates,\u201d she said. \u201cAll that. That was really difficult for a long time. Luckily I don\u2019t have to deal with that anymore.\u201d Valkyrae\u2019s ability to throw off that side of streaming paranoia comes after she penned an exclusive deal with YouTube. Her defection deal is allegedly worth $1 million, which Hofstetter admits has \u201chelped\u201d alleviate some worries too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Valkyrae explains why she\u2019s \u201calways paranoid\u201d about streaming YouTube: Valkyrae100 Thieves star Rachell \u2018Valkyrae\u2019 Hofstetter has opened up on why she feels like she\u2019s \u201calways paranoid\u201d about streaming on Twitch, and more recently exclusively on YouTube, and how she often doesn\u2019t feel safe online. Internet culture is well and truly on the rise in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}