Should Microsoft censor?

posted by Wangler1316

Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 09:30:23 PM EST

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Recently one of my friends was banned from xbox live for a week for using the word "shit" in his motto. Now this guy is not to bright and to be honest it wasn't a huge shock. But it made me wonder if what they did was right. I mean we do have freedom of speech right? Also it seems like a harsh punishment for something that small. And were does it stop? In 10 years will Microsoft be listing in on us during games? Unlikely but who knows. I can see if someone put a picture of his balls as his gamer pic, but saying the word shit? What do you guys think, should MS be banning people for there motto's?


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  •  Well (none / 0)

    Xbox live is ment to family friendly, so I guess they don't want people complaining about their kids learning curses from xbl.

    There's just some wierd chemical reaction that goes on between the cat food, beer, and glue that makes you feel really sick!

    by Eggo Rofls on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 09:39:26 PM EST

  •  It's called Code of Conduct. (none / 0)

    If you're going to be a member, you have to abide by their rules.

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    by Grymm on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 09:41:31 PM EST

    •  Agreed (none / 0)

      You agree to it when you sign up and pay for it. It's supposed to be a family friendly enviroment.

      by Windowlicker77 on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 09:49:56 PM EST

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      •  well (none / 0)

        Xbox Live is not even close to being family friendly. If you let your son or daughter play online without listing or watching what he/she is doing your crazy! And if a motto offends you, you might want to think twice about letting your child play online

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        by Wangler1316 on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 10:17:08 PM EST

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        •  it's a private service. (none / 0)

          as the owner's of the service, they have the right to restrict access to people that break the code of conduct you agree to abide by.

          they can do whatever they want with it.

          Second GT: extrateresticle

          by captain crunk27 on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 10:22:34 PM EST

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        •  What does watching (none / 0)

          your son or daughter on live have to do with your buddies motto? I don't even pay attention to motto's most of the time and if your looking at everyones then play games more. Your right Live isn't family friendly because people like your friend act like idiots. Thats why most people on here have communication with their friends list exclusively because the community at large is retarded. If this was a free service provided by developers per say (just as a example) and then Microsoft wanted to come in and censor it you might have a point. But it's not, you pay they provide the service it's theirs to do with what they want.

          by Windowlicker77 on Wed Oct 01, 2008 at 08:02:15 AM EST

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  •  Family settings should limit that. (none / 0)

    MS already does enough to make our experience lame. LoL.

    Han shot first

    by tyrus on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 09:48:52 PM EST

  •  He really (none / 0)

    can't be without live for 2 days?

    by MacheteMan7 on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 10:16:47 PM EST

  •  its their service (none / 0)

    they can basically run it how ever they see fit.

    by amato18 on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 10:28:01 PM EST

  •  Anything that cannot be filtered (none / 0)

    like the gamertags, needs to be kept as unoffensive as possible. Remember, the gamerpics CAN be filtered, so it doesn't matter what pic the person puts in there.  If I don't want to risk seeing something offensive, I can just adjust the settings to "Do not display gamer pic".  We cannot do that for gamertags, however.  Therefore, people have to keep the offensive names out of there. I don't think a 1 week slap on the wrist is a very big deal.  There has to be some minimum amount of respect that is universally recognized and given.

    Ultimately, like Grymm said, there is a Code of Conduct and it is entirely in Microsoft's right to do follow through on violations of that code.

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    by 3Suns on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 10:35:50 PM EST

  •  I care more about the FCC (none / 0)

    than I do about Microsoft.
    It isn't the speech that people want to hear that requires protection.

    Yet, as most have said, it's MS's service, and the gentleman you seem to be describing doesn't really sound like somebody one would want on the service anyhow (anyone who'd get banned based off of their motto must be a real paragon of humanity in matchmaking).

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    by Sparton 501 on Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 11:11:39 PM EST

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