NRG’s Lululuvely, Pokimane, and Adept, among others have called out gross behavior that goes on on Reddit without moderation. The streamers claimed that a host of constant inappropriate comments, images, and clips of their content get posted across social media, and in particular on Reddit.
The streamers clarified that this behavior makes them uncomfortable, and they have repeatedly tried to get subreddits that do this taken down, albeit to no avail.
Harassment is not uncommon in streaming, but women on Twitch receive an undue amount of it, which has been called out by Pokimane and others.
Lululuvely tweeted a series of quotes that women have been told to take under advisement for years, such as being told to wear normal clothes, or if women don’t “act a certain way,” men won't respect them online.
This tweet was also paired with incredibly gross images that she found on Reddit where men sexualized her, no matter what she was doing. The streamer said she wasn’t bothered by this in the past, but it had started to wear on her.
Pokimane replied to Lululuvely, talking about the issue being incredibly rampant on Reddit. She said that women aren’t being listened to when they try to get threads sexualizing them taken down from subreddits or other forums.
QTCinderella responded as well, saying Reddit won’t do anything about these forums that are used to harass women. She went on to say that she at one point she had been spending $6,000 on cyber security to clean some of the stuff off the internet, but decided it was not worth it.
Adept, another popular streamer highlighted the issue of women’s bodies being photoshopped to create fake graphic images, and yet Reddit continues to do nothing about it.
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