Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
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Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
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Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#2See 7th of Feb comic vs the one here http://www.dilbert.com/strips/2014-02-07/
Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#3It doesn't make sense that they'd just drop a comic and substitute it for another. Maybe Adams released one, Yahoo caught it and then he changed it for another, with Yahoo's scraper already having updated?
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#4I have to say that this doesn't make sense to me. Yahoo, despite all its issues, strikes me as progressive.
I wonder if this is some kind of mix-up? Maybe two strips were released and in some automated fashion, the non-pro gay one was chosen?
Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#5I have to say that this doesn't make sense to me. Yahoo, despite all its issues, strikes me as progressive. I wonder if this is some kind of mix-up? Maybe two strips were released and in some automated fashion, the non-pro gay one was chosen?
I have to agree it seems a bit odd, however there may be some syndication meta data that is sent from dilbert.com that includes the topic of the strip. Again it seems odd.
Of note I find the style of the comic up on Yahoo to be 'old'.
Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#6Here is the one Yahoo is publishing for today from Dilbert.com: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-01-28/
Interesting to note that the between the panels info has been updated (and contains the todays date-code). So I'd think this might be done in collaboration with Adams.
Speculating further, the "great idea" might refer to this comic shuffle.
Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#7An Idea.
Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#8It probably depends on a syndicate. Different sites often show different comics because they license them from different sources. It's not Yahoo's fault.
Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#9This is fascinating. The strip has clearly been edited to insert today's date, but the strip itself is from maybe 1996? Can't quite read the copyright.
This is probably a syndication issue rather than something Yahoo is responsible for, but it's pretty interesting nonetheless.
Re: Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic
#10I'm wondering if Scott Adams generally provides an alternate for when he draws a strip that might be considered "adult themed." I wouldn't think that Adams or Yahoo would be anti gay but, well, sales are sales, and Yahoo might want to avoid potential controversy.