Brazilian Isadora Basile started her new job for Xbox Brazil in September and hosted videos there. However, she was continually harassed by the community. Now she has been fired. She claims the harassment played a role. Microsoft denies this, saying she was let go due to a strategy change.
This is what the moderation says: In a statement, Basile shared that she started her new job at Xbox Brazil as a video host in September and was harassed and insulted by all kinds of fans. People said she didn’t play Game X or Y, that she wasn’t “worth” the job. Some even sent death and rape threats.
Due to all this abusive behavior, Microsoft has now decided to let her go so she is no longer exposed to these harassments.
She respects this decision by Microsoft and will still love it just as before.
In a conversation with the US site Kotaku, she says:
Ultimately, I believe I became too much of a problem.
Isadora Basile
While Xbox Brazil supported her and had a Facebook post taken down that portrayed her as an object, and there are also great people at Microsoft and she felt very comfortable there, ultimately it was probably too much.
Basile says Xbox has now decided to move entirely away from moderators because they do not want to subject anyone to that much hate.
In an interview with “the Enemy”, Basile explains that she feels powerless. She has embraced Xbox in her heart and loves the job. Now, however, she has lost her position because people don’t know how to treat each other with respect.
Microsoft says: Dismissal has nothing to do with harassment
This is what Microsoft says: Xbox Brazil denies that Basile was fired because fans were harassing her. Microsoft states:
We do not tolerate harassment or disrespectful behavior of any kind, and we have taken measures to support Isadora when we were notified of personal attacks against her.
Statement from Microsoft
The “changes in the program” that led to the dismissal of the moderator had nothing to do with the harassment against Basile.
They want to focus on a single, global source of information.
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This is how the situation is perceived: In the “resetera” forum, gamers from all over the world are reflecting on this incident. Generally, they are appalled at how toxic the Brazilian community has behaved.
It seems as if they want to have “no women” in gaming and push them away. On resetera, one user says, “Gaming communities have tolerated and cultivated this awful behavior for too long. Sad situation.”
Another user says it is unacceptable that people on Twitter can have a woman fired from her job by claiming she is not a gamer.
The general sentiment is that Microsoft should have taken action against the harassers. With the dismissal, the toxic individuals have achieved their goal, and the victim has been punished twice.
Overall, the story is perceived as “terrible”.
A year ago, we reported on the case of a Brazilian woman who encountered conflict with gamers and was fired. Gabriela Cattuzzo was an influencer for Razer. A man confronted her on Twitter, saying she could ride him. Cattuzzo resisted this advance, which ultimately led to her dismissal:
Razer parts ways with influencer after “anti-male statement”
