UPDATE: Microsoft Disallows Public Lesbians on Xbox Live
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Wow. You must sleep soundly in your bed at night knowing Microsoft is protecting your backside.Tychonic said:
*reads update* Well, knock Microsoft all you want, but they seem to be improving their consumer response quite well. Personally, I would never dream of putting the fact that I'm bi in my profile because 1) It's not relevant at all to how I play, but more importantly 2) Saying something like that where a population of assholes like those on Xbox Live can read it is just asking for trouble.
Maybe it's an automated filter and not a perosn who banned her.
I have no problems with homosexuals, but a lot of people do, and therefor words such as gay, lesbian, fag etc. would probbobly be used by straight people as trash-talk way more than it's used by gay people to describe themselves... so in fact microsoft might have put up a filter to prevent people from verbally abbusing homosexuals.
just like if a site doesn't tolerate the word ni**er because it is used in a racist manner, but they're not able to check up on who uses it, and therefor cannot ban white people for using it in a racist way, without also banning black people for using it in a non-racist way.
To elaborate, if a black guy calls himself ni**er, it's fine, but if i started using the word it would be racist, and therefor i should be banned, so they put up a system to prevent the word from beeing used as a racist verbal abuse, but since the system can't see whether people are using it in a racist way or a good way, it just bans everyone who uses it, thereby banning black people who uses it in a non-abusive way.
just so anyone doesn't get the wrong impression, i see all people ass equal, no matter what the color of their skin, or their sexual orientation is, and i think discrimination is an ugly thing,
I have no problems with homosexuals, but a lot of people do, and therefor words such as gay, lesbian, fag etc. would probbobly be used by straight people as trash-talk way more than it's used by gay people to describe themselves... so in fact microsoft might have put up a filter to prevent people from verbally abbusing homosexuals.
just like if a site doesn't tolerate the word ni**er because it is used in a racist manner, but they're not able to check up on who uses it, and therefor cannot ban white people for using it in a racist way, without also banning black people for using it in a non-racist way.
To elaborate, if a black guy calls himself ni**er, it's fine, but if i started using the word it would be racist, and therefor i should be banned, so they put up a system to prevent the word from beeing used as a racist verbal abuse, but since the system can't see whether people are using it in a racist way or a good way, it just bans everyone who uses it, thereby banning black people who uses it in a non-abusive way.
just so anyone doesn't get the wrong impression, i see all people ass equal, no matter what the color of their skin, or their sexual orientation is, and i think discrimination is an ugly thing,
I didn't put up anything bashing anyone but you can be an asshole if you want. I bet you agree with Microsoft.squid5580 said:
Wow I am not sure if I really should respond to this since I am not sure if this is just some misunderstanding or if you are just trying to pad your post count. Since I do have a little faith left in people I will go with A and see what happens.dragonburner said:
First off who did I bash? You for pointing out that saying you missed the point and not adding anything else to help me understand your point? I sure hope not since that is the whole idea behind having a discussion. Or was it the we don't have the right to know the sexual preferences of strangers no matter who they are or what thier job is (like president)?
And to answer your question yes I do agree with MS. If they hadn't had that little blurb in thier code and conduct that we all have to agree to then I wouldn't. You break a rule you face the consequences. Seems quite cut and dried to me. Although I do think the punishment is a bit harsh and wonder why they didn't send her a message or give her a warning first (assuming they didn't). And if they did well then she got what she deserved.
After reading the update, I can understand why Microsoft did what they did. It does seem a bit unfair to the woman involved. When you consider all the deliberately offensive gamertags on XBL (DeadlyMuffDiver, DeadlyC**Guzzler, etc.), I'd say Microsoft has much bigger fish to fry. However, it seems this woman is a victim of enforceability. Her minor infraction probably showed up in a simple keyword search, whereas something more cryptic or leet wouldn't. Because of this, I still believe there should be someone screening XBL gamertags by hand, even though that's probably not practical.
Honestly, I don't feel that some types of personal information have a place on XBL and I can see Microsoft just wanting to avoid the headache that results from additional personal information residing on their system. This isn't MySpace or Facebook, but who knows; maybe that's where online gaming is heading.
Honestly, I don't feel that some types of personal information have a place on XBL and I can see Microsoft just wanting to avoid the headache that results from additional personal information residing on their system. This isn't MySpace or Facebook, but who knows; maybe that's where online gaming is heading.
Do be honest I think it's pathetic that people actually follow this person game to game 'warning' other players but I don't really think sexual orientation should come up in a game or people should declare it in environment where idiots routinely insult players on the basis of race, nationality, accent or anything else I can think of.
And yet that is the reason for my point... that eveyone is different... THEY CAN FUCKING WELL BE BIGGOTS IF THEY DAMN WELL PLEASE BUT I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THEM! Point made... oh if by not telling total strangers that your gay gives you long term mental instabilities:sanzo said:
1. I doubt your gay
2. Go see a fucking Psychiatrist
...You know, I'm still waiting for a guy I know to have his or some of his family X Box Live account banned. The general format for his names are, "IStab (Insert minority group here)"
I'm still torn here. I can understand the reasoning behind not allowing any mention of sexuality in a name. But I also sense a bias towards pleasing the angry religious right, and worrying less about offending the generally reasonable homosexual community.
I'm still torn here. I can understand the reasoning behind not allowing any mention of sexuality in a name. But I also sense a bias towards pleasing the angry religious right, and worrying less about offending the generally reasonable homosexual community.