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Looks like hardware may finally be getting its chance in the sun at SXSW. [New York Times]

TechCrunch spoke to sources who were in the same fraternity with Reggie Brown and Evan Spiegel at Stanford and they corroborated the notion that Mr. Brown came up with the original idea for Snapchat. Winklevii'd. [TechCrunch]

Hey FYI, all those "free gift cards!" texts you were getting were actually spam (just in case you've never used a cell phone before). Luckily, the FTC is cracking down on 29 scam artists sending them out. [The Next Web]

Anita Sarkeesian, who became the target of trolls after daring to speak about women in video games, debuted her first episode of "Tropes vs. Women." [The Daily Dot]

Pandora's fourth quarter results were better than expected, but its CEO is still stepping down. [AllThingsD]

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The official Twitter account for the country of Sweden has tweeted relatively uneventfully following its Henry Blodget moment back in June, when a Swedish citizen named Sonja dispatched some questionable tweets about Jewish people. But this week's Swedish tweeter is Naseer Alkhouri, a "homeopathic Swede" who develops games for a living. In addition to tweeting adorable fruit sculptures and a treatise on citizenship, the issue of sexism in gaming appears close to Mr. Alkhouri's heart. For the past couple of hours, he's used the platform--which boasts close to 68,000 followers--to broach the sensitive topic.

Mr. Alkhouri's argument is a reasonable one: "I am not only a game dev, but a gamer as well. That said, I don’t feel particulary welcome in the community. Gamers got issues," he tweeted. "Gamers tend to be misogynist, rasist and rather unpleasant overall, especiallly online. I am rather saddened by the behaviour of my peers, for me gaming is an inclusive hobby. That’s why I got hooked afterall."

Upon receiving some unfavorable responses, Mr. Alkhouri tweeted, "I am getting flack for speaking about this, but no threats, no harrasement. What did Anita Sarkeesian get?"

Ms. Sarkeesian gained a modicum of notoriety in gaming circles after she spearheaded a Kickstarter project to make a docuseries about gender tropes in video games and became a target for angry gamer dudes worldwide.

By standing up for her, Mr. Alkhouri probably didn't do himself any favors in the rabid gaming community, but his actions are pretty commendable. Using a well-read platform to discuss issues that are important to you seems like a better way to use Twitter  than talking about Jewish penises.