The tag alias #15790 vtuber -> virtual_youtuber has been approved.

Reason: Common abbreviation (e.g. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTuber ).

EDIT: The tag alias vtuber -> virtual_youtuber (forum #154743) has been approved by @Type-kun.

+1 At least as of today, vtuber is showing up on the "Missed Searches" report with 43 misses.

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The tag alias vtuber -> virtual_youtuber (forum #154743) has been approved by @Type-kun.

It's a minor point but could we not use an alternative to virtual_youtuber? These kind of characters aren't limited to a certain platform.

chilled_sake said:

It's a minor point but could we not use an alternative to virtual_youtuber? These kind of characters aren't limited to a certain platform.

It's kind of a generic term at this point (not quite genericided), even in the case that someone calls them self a virtual (other platformer) the 'genre' as a whole is referred to as 'Virtual Youtubers' or 'Vtubers'.

Attempts to make a generic term haven't really worked out either, nothing's really caught on aside from 'vtuber'. There's 'virtual Liver', but that's actually a specific term referring to Nijisanji's group. I think we would encounter problems trying to make a new term, something like 'virtual streamer' would be too specific (it's not always livestreams), and something like 'virtual personality' might be considered too broad.

Yeah, I see any term that doesn't refer specifically to them featuring in video content of some sort becoming potentially ambiguous with similar 'virtual personalities' like Vocaloids.