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Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash (www.windowslatest.com)

submitted 7 months ago* by AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's a bit weird. They didn't get this worked up about being called "Micro$oft" or something. This is probably hitting the nerve in a completely different way!

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[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago

Microsoft has over 200k employees, and the people (person?) managing the discord are probably at the bottom of the totem pole. I doubt they put more than 5 seconds of thought into this.

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[–] Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago

They're proud capitalists, so it never bothered them. They aren't proud of their slopware though

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