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Yahoo drops pro gay Dilbert comic

24 points by awjr 13y ago

awjr 13y ago
See 7th of Feb comic vs the one here http://www.dilbert.com/strips/2014-02-07/ http://www.dilbert.com/strips/2014-02-07/
StavrosK 13y ago
It 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?
RexRollman 13y ago
I 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?
- awjr 13y ago
  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'.
zokier 13y ago
Here is the one Yahoo is publishing for today from Dilbert.com: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-01-28/ 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.
Kaostricks 13y ago
An Idea.
Grue3 13y ago
It probably depends on a syndicate. Different sites often show different comics because they license them from different sources. It's not Yahoo's fault.
matthewmacleod 13y ago
This 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.
fallinghawks 13y ago
I'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.
BruceIV 13y ago
There's always the possibility that this is mostly Scott Adams trolling. He does do that sometimes.
dcporter 13y ago
Someone seems to have fixed this. The pro-gay strip is up on the above link now.

24 points by awjr 13y ago

awjr 13y ago

See 7th of Feb comic vs the one here http://www.dilbert.com/strips/2014-02-07/ http://www.dilbert.com/strips/2014-02-07/

StavrosK 13y ago

It 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?

RexRollman 13y ago

I 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?

awjr 13y ago
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'.

zokier 13y ago

Here is the one Yahoo is publishing for today from Dilbert.com: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-01-28/ 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.

Kaostricks 13y ago

An Idea.

Grue3 13y ago

It probably depends on a syndicate. Different sites often show different comics because they license them from different sources. It's not Yahoo's fault.

matthewmacleod 13y ago

This 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.

fallinghawks 13y ago

I'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.

BruceIV 13y ago

There's always the possibility that this is mostly Scott Adams trolling. He does do that sometimes.

dcporter 13y ago

Someone seems to have fixed this. The pro-gay strip is up on the above link now.