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[theweaselking]

MySpace, owned by Republican propaganda magnate and admitted homophobe Rupert Murdoch, disallows "Gay" as an acceptable sexual orientation for new accounts and prohibits changing orientation on existing profiles to "gay".

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[silmaril.livejournal.com]

So, like, did we need another reason for refusing to start a MySpace account? I would have thought not.

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

I read a few stories about this, and because "lesbian" and "bisexual" are still available as options, I'd almost think this was a technical glitch, rather than a plot by Murdoch. Just sayin'.

[mazarinade.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I actually had a long-dormant account on that site and just checked: it is possible to change a profile to 'Gay'.

Other hand, I didn't know Murdoch was involved before now, so I also spent some time removing my profile.

I don't know what the score is with new accounts, though.

[miz-geek.livejournal.com]

It works on mine. Says "Gay/Lesbian". "Bi" is there, too.

[paradoxicmotion.livejournal.com]

I'm going to vote for incompetence, rather than evil, despite Murdoch owning MySpace.

The creators of MySpace are clearly a few kinds of incompetent (just take a look at their fucking website!). Their incompetence is magnified by being one of the most popular sites on Das Intarweb.

It is far more plausible to me that they screwed up. Surely there's a wish to push a political agenda on MySpace by News Corp. However, if/when it appears, it will not be something as silly as possible sexual orientation settings.

Nevermind that doing something that would cause a non-trivial chunk of their users to revolt, leave, etc.... I'm sure they like money WAY more than they like sticking it to homosexuals by taking away their ability to be out on MySpace.

[harmonatrix.livejournal.com]

According to of a friend of mine who has a my space account...a notice was posted that it was a technical glitch that is supposed to be fixed soon.
Apparently, the owner(s) were very pissed about the rumor.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

That's not true, it was a bug in the system that they posted about and were attempting to correct.