Gaming superstar Tyler Blevins, also known as “Ninja,” weighed into the debate over online toxicity over the weekend, telling The New York Times that it is not his job as a professional gamer to police “racism” and “sexism” among amateurs in his sport, and suggesting that parents need to be more aware of how their kids are behaving online.
Ninja has “amassed 16.5 million followers on Twitch, 14.4 million on Instagram, 6.5 million on Twitter, 24 million subscribers on YouTube” the NYT reports, and pulls in a reported $500,000 per month from streaming alone. He’s also one of the most-watched gamers on the planet, and millions of amateur gamers, many of them children, tune in to watch Ninja’s streams on the regular.
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