Reading VNs along with a streamer - positives/negatives?

I've been thinking about this from the other side of the equation for a bit and I'm interested in hearing what people have to say. I don't think there's any community more expert at reading along with a streamer than Joe's.

During the Umineko streams (the biggest sample size I'm gonna get) there was a lot of metaconversation about the streams themselves, and about chat behavior. I think that kind of conversation happening midstream can get pretty fatiguing for everyone, so is something I'd like to minimize in the future. Sentiment seemed pretty divided. Some people were happy to have multiple people on stream while others weren't; some people really enjoyed the streamers speculating and discussing while others didn't. Lots of complaints about VN streams happening instead of gameplay ones. I think that the biggest difference from regular streams on my end when streaming VNs is that there's a lot of focus on the text and less attention paid to chat because you have to be reading the whole time, which gives it a distinct different flavor than gameplay streams (though the risk of spoilers makes ignoring chat a safer option).

With plans for streaming both Remember11 (with Joe) and Misericorde (likely by myself) on the horizon, I was curious: what makes readalong streams compelling to you? Are there parts of the experience you particularly enjoy? Do you wish that there was more chat engagement, or are you okay having it happen less often?

I'm also interested in pacing. Folks found the Umineko VODs a lot to keep up with, but as a streamer if you only read something once a week you end up forgetting stuff in between (i have no idea what happened in The Sekimeiya), so what's a good middle ground for timing/ways around this? Would taking notes/doing recaps be helpful for chat? Are there other streamers who do this?