"It would be very foolish to say people don’t come into the stream simply because they see that I’m a female," she said. "Twitch is a mostly male website, so being a female, people come in expecting that I'm going to be taking advantage of that. Because you know, if you wear a tank top on stream, people will go nuts, regardless of the game or your skill level. I try to stay away from that."
Hofstetter says she goes out of her way to dress conservatively when including a view from her webcam in the stream, and yet, "no matter what you do to cover up, it never ends. There’s always going to be trolls, judging based on your looks, just saying sexist things because I’m a girl and they think it's funny."
In one particular instance, Hofstetter told Business Insider that one troll harassed her for weeks across multiple social media sites, creating a new account each time she tried to block him.
"It was every single day, just spamming racist and sexist things in the chat. I think he made like 30 Twitch accounts throughout the whole thing," she said. “You’d be surprised by how much time people have."
That particular troll didn't stop until Hofstetter had a private conversation with the troll, and threatened to get law enforcement involved.