Hunter's Canvas

My most popular Digg submission yet! TheGayerGamer name banned by Xbox Live.

I read Consumerist everyday, and rarely do the comments piss me off as much as they did yesterday on this post.  The post is about an Xbox Live player who was asked to change his gamer tag.  His tag, TheGayerGamer, was apparently offensive to many people on Xbox Live.  The irony of people being offended on Xbox Live is not lost on me. These people are playing horribly violent games and are constantly taunting each other with derogatory language, so why the hell do they care that his name is TheGayerGamer?  I don't think it's because they want to protect the LGBT population from discrimination...

I don't think Microsoft is anti-gay.  I am just disappointed that people are offended by someone expressing the fact that he's gay.  It should be no different than if someone called themselves the TheBlackGamer or TheIrishGamer.

The fun part about all of this, is that I submitted it to Digg, and it has been Dugg 848 times, has 388 comments and is on page 3 of the Top in 24! 

Levi's: how viral is done

Comcast has joined Twitter. Could this possibly be good?

 

So Comcast is now on Twitter.  While this makes me want to puke quite a bit (especially the name Comcast Cares) I do think it's a step in the right direction.  Comcast is an evil behemoth corporation and the thought of them trying to become more "personal" just doesn't seem right, but at least maybe they are listening to consumer complaints and trying to do something about it.  A perfect example of my love/hate relationship with Social Media.

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This is how Facebook feels.

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<And yes, I was reading the unofficial Facebook blog. For work, I swear.  Damn marketing agencies.>