Completely escaping my attention, in the beginning of March, Microsoft reversed a long-standing policy against the inclusion of qualifiers for sexual orientation within Xbox Live profiles. Though there were several cases of players having their accounts suspended over this, the issue really came to a head last February when The Consumerist ran a story about "Teresa" who allegedly had her account banned following habitually abusive behaviour by other players because she said she was a lesbian in her profile.

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To call me a little bit OCD is putting things lightly; I make the most picky of organizers look sloppy. This extends to both my personal and work spaces and the contents of my hard drive. This has become an escalating problem, especially on the hard drive end of things, the more computers I obtain. [...]

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