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Spamming on Xbox Live?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the feel-the-burning-love dept.

jayintune writes "2old2play has an interesting article about spamming on Xbox Live. The new 360 version of Burnout Revenge rewards players with Live Achievement points for spamming members of their friends list with links to Burnout player videos. The catch is that you need to own the game to view any of these videos."

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  1. Groan. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can we not implement a single goddamned form of person-to-person communication without it getting spammed?

    Well, if it's going to happen on Xbox Live, it may as well be Microsoft spam.

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  2. Gak by MilenCent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is the first crack in the uniform murmur of approval for the Xbox Live Achievements feature. Word is that Microsoft actually demands that all games include some Achievements, implying that some kind of editorial process is in place. That these kinds of achievements made it by seems to indicate that it's either not a very good process, or the guidelines in place are not well thought out, or that they merely confirm the existance of Achievements without looking at what they are.

  3. That's why by The-Bus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Xbox Live has the option to "ignore member" and also lets you remove people from your friends list. Anyone willing to spam me isn't my friend.

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