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posted by martyb on Sunday October 02 2016, @09:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-need-more-hermaphrodites dept.

Twitch boss Matthew DiPietro is clear that the industry needs to do more about online sexism in gaming.

The senior executive was speaking to us from the streaming site's headquarters in San Francisco.

Gamers have told Newsbeat about their experiences and Twitch says it's doing all it can to stamp out sexism on the platform.

But Matthew tells us this isn't a problem that Twitch can solve on its own.

He says the industry needs to invest money to "move forward on this issue".

He's calling for "investment in terms of people, education and money.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @03:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @03:30AM (#409234)

    Thank you, your post is one of the only ones here that is decent and makes a good point.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @07:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @07:41PM (#409596)

    You're welcome.

    Honestly, the most practical approach may be something like an ignore list. Is someone being an obnoxious little brat? Hit the button, you never hear their whiny little voice again. You can extend the principle to MMORPGs, making the obnoxious individuals largely irrelevant for LFG calls, making their characters invisible outside raids and whatever.

    That way everybody becomes their own editor, and the central system saves bandwidth by not propagating irrelevant data.

    The answer to every: "Waaah! he said something mean!" should always be: "So block him."

    Don't want to be blocked? Don't be a dick. And guess what, the MRAs can block the SJWs, and everyone's happier.