On Twitch, women who stream say their biggest obstacle is harassment.
SAN DIEGO — At a booth on the second floor of the San Diego Convention Center, where hundreds of gamers wearing purple badges gathered to peruse pins shaped like Pikachu and “Game of Thrones” posters, a streamer called Quqco squealed with joy as an acquaintance gushed over her costume.
“She was so cute!” Quqco sighed, opining that women on Twitch are often each others’ biggest supporters. The trolling happened during a stream where Quqco was dressed as the character Chun-Li from the video game “Street Fighter” — a costume that covers her entire torso, with only her thighs exposed. At one point, she said she was adjusting her camera and momentarily tilted the camera downward. About an hour and a half after it started, the livestream abruptly disconnected.
Out of respect for streamers’ privacy, Twitch doesn’t comment on individual moderation cases, a spokesperson told NBC News. Twitch said it has doubled the number of people working for its moderation team over the last year. Although harassment of women isn't exclusively a Twitch problem, Quqco is just one of scores of women on the site who say they face regular harassment simply for their gender. At TwitchCon, NBC News spoke with a dozen women who said they had experienced harassment on the platform. A majority of those interviewed asked that their real names not be used, citing fears for their safety.
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