Unreal Firefox Message!!!!

Stonedtone · 03-31-2014, 04:19 PM

I'm a member of a dating site that apparently firefox now doesn't approve of. I have never seen such a blatant disregard for basic moral principals. This is the message I got going to the site:
Hello there, Mozilla Firefox user. Pardon this interruption of your OkCupid experience.

Mozilla’s new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples. We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OkCupid.

Politics is normally not the business of a website, and we all know there’s a lot more wrong with the world than misguided CEOs. So you might wonder why we’re asserting ourselves today. This is why: we’ve devoted the last ten years to bringing people—all people—together. If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we’ve worked so hard to bring about would be illegal. Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid. But it’s professionally important to the entire company. OkCupid is for creating love. Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure.

If you want to keep using Firefox, the link at the bottom will take you through to the site.

However, we urge you to consider different software for accessing OkCupid:

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 03-31-2014, 04:22 PM

sounds more like okcupid doesnt support your browser, the way u mad eit sound was the opposite.

well it sounds like it lets you use firefox anyways, so just use it and continue findin all the hott babes

Stonedtone · 03-31-2014, 04:23 PM

This could become ramped. How many progressive sites have an acceptance of gay lifestyles? Are they going to block them all. Doesn't sound like a good biz model for firefox. I may be going back to Explorer

Stonedtone · 03-31-2014, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butthead aka 216

sounds more like okcupid doesnt support your browser, the way u mad eit sound was the opposite.

well it sounds like it lets you use firefox anyways, so just use it and continue findin all the hott babes

No. That's not the case at all.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 03-31-2014, 04:25 PM

please be more vague and dont provide anymore context or info

**Janszoon** · 03-31-2014, 04:27 PM

I just read a little about this. Sounds like even Mozilla employees are calling for that guy's resignation.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 03-31-2014, 04:29 PM

i cant believe this is real lol. i dont understand their wording why they say ' Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid.' it seems like that doesnt make any sense to me

maybe its a hacker creating lulz

**Janszoon** · 03-31-2014, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butthead aka 216

i cant believe this is real lol. i dont understand their wording why they say ' Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid.' it seems like that doesnt make any sense to me

maybe its a hacker creating lulz

That sentence doesn't seem all that hard to comprehend to me.

Zer0 · 03-31-2014, 04:44 PM

I'm fairly shocked that a guy in his position would come out with stuff like this. Brendan Eich is a fairly big deal in the IT/software world as he invented JavaScript.

That said, I don't use Firefox anyway.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 03-31-2014, 04:48 PM

so okcupid is sendin the message about firefox. but you can just keep using firefox anyways as it says in the message.

news flash - ppl have differing opinions on social issues. as long as it doesnt prevent u from using the site i dont think its a big deal

03-31-2014, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stonedtone Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 152	Unreal Firefox Message!!!! I'm a member of a dating site that apparently firefox now doesn't approve of. I have never seen such a blatant disregard for basic moral principals. This is the message I got going to the site: Hello there, Mozilla Firefox user. Pardon this interruption of your OkCupid experience. Mozilla’s new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples. We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OkCupid. Politics is normally not the business of a website, and we all know there’s a lot more wrong with the world than misguided CEOs. So you might wonder why we’re asserting ourselves today. This is why: we’ve devoted the last ten years to bringing people—all people—together. If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we’ve worked so hard to bring about would be illegal. Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid. But it’s professionally important to the entire company. OkCupid is for creating love. Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure. If you want to keep using Firefox, the link at the bottom will take you through to the site. However, we urge you to consider different software for accessing OkCupid:

03-31-2014, 04:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I just read a little about this. Sounds like even Mozilla employees are calling for that guy's resignation. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

03-31-2014, 04:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I'm fairly shocked that a guy in his position would come out with stuff like this. Brendan Eich is a fairly big deal in the IT/software world as he invented JavaScript. That said, I don't use Firefox anyway. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

03-31-2014, 04:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	sounds more like okcupid doesnt support your browser, the way u mad eit sound was the opposite. well it sounds like it lets you use firefox anyways, so just use it and continue findin all the hott babes

03-31-2014, 04:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Stonedtone Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 152	This could become ramped. How many progressive sites have an acceptance of gay lifestyles? Are they going to block them all. Doesn't sound like a good biz model for firefox. I may be going back to Explorer

03-31-2014, 04:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	please be more vague and dont provide anymore context or info

03-31-2014, 04:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	i cant believe this is real lol. i dont understand their wording why they say ' Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid.' it seems like that doesnt make any sense to me maybe its a hacker creating lulz

03-31-2014, 04:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	so okcupid is sendin the message about firefox. but you can just keep using firefox anyways as it says in the message. news flash - ppl have differing opinions on social issues. as long as it doesnt prevent u from using the site i dont think its a big deal