Branding

by Jeff

Image meta text: Actually, 'RSS&M' is kinda catchy.

This comic is in reference to a Firefox extension called 'Adblock', which exactly as the name implies, blocks ads on websites.  So, without Adblock, you will see all the ridiculous ads (except for our ads, they are great!) that attempt to get you to click on them with their catchy slogans.

The first two frames are not far off from reality, in fact I may have seen them before.  Facebook and Twitter are widly known social networks.  Google Reader is an RSS reader built on the google look and feel.  The meta text references putting RSS and S&M together for RSS&M.

In the last frame, github is an online collaboration tool for developers to upload code to work with other developers on their projects.  So, presumably, the comic is speculating that there will be a new GitHub, this one for only lesbians.  This is the pop-up windows attempt to attract clicks and in the comics case, it might have worked.

This xkcd is one of the rare xkcd's to use color.