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Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash (www.windowslatest.com)
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[+] -21 points 8 months ago (20 children)

This is like going to someone's place and loudly and constantly insulting them. Would you put up with it if people were doing that to you? You don't have to be a Microsoft fan to find that kind of behavior unacceptable. Just because it's online doesn't mean that it's acceptable.

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  • [–] [S] 21 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    First: it's a brand, not a person. A brand can't be offended, because, as previously stated, it's NOT a person with feelings.

    Second: People are just using a name because they are expressing their thoughts about what microslop has become. Doing what they did is basically telling the world they are 5 years old

    Third: Look for a certain Streisand woman, name: Barbra.

    Fourth: Please, don't be a shill. It's a corpo, you don't need to defend them, even you are on their payroll. They will survive without your defense.

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  • [+] -11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    First: I'm not saying not to use Microslop. I'm saying to not go to their place(s) and insult them there. If you do, don't bitch when they dropkick you out.

    Second: I agree.

    Third: You misspelled her name... How did you manage to do that?

    Fourth: Don't be an ass. I'm not a shill and I'm not on their payroll. Just because I say that you shouldn't go to their property, insult them, and expect them to be fine and dandy with it, doesn't make me a shill. I'm not going to be part of your groupthink/circlejerk. I'll use Microslop myself but not on their property.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    First: I’m not saying not to use Microslop. I’m saying to not go to their place(s) and insult them there. If you do, don’t bitch when they dropkick you out.

    Again, it's not a person. It can't be offended. I'm not insulting a worker from Microslop if I say Microslop. Or is the CEO having a thin skin issue with this?

    Third: You misspelled her name… How did you manage to do that?

    Did I? https://releases.barbrastreisand.com/ https://releases.barbrastreisand.com/images/thesecretoflife.jpg I guess she did too? Since she calls herself like that even on her album covers?

    Fourth: Don’t be an ass. I’m not a shill and I’m not on their payroll. Just because I say that you shouldn’t go to their property, insult them, and expect them to be fine and dandy with it, doesn’t make me a shill. I’m not going to be part of your groupthink/circlejerk. I’ll use Microslop myself but not on their property.

    I'm not insulting "them" but IT. I'm insulting IT, as in a thing, called microslop. Which, as I said, is not a person and doesn't have any feelings. If they can't stand critics about what they are doing (which is the reason why they are being called microslop), then they should stop being a business. Or are we going to start saying that we shall not insult a company "or else"?

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  • [–] -5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    You keep focusing on "a person". I don't walk into Grease Monkey or Artic Circle and start insulting. I use Arsenic Circle off the premises.

    Heh. I guess I'm more used to Barbara and never really listened to Barbra's music.

    I'm saying that if you insult a company on their property then don't bitch if they kick you out. Just because you are not insulting a specific person doesn't mean that they have to allow you to behave badly.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 8 months ago

    You keep focusing on “a person”. I don’t walk into Grease Monkey or Artic Circle and start insulting. I use Arsenic Circle off the premises.

    Microslop is behaving in a way that hurts customers. I'd say it's extremely anticonsummer. They are simply being called "microslop". It's like saying "Nintendon't" when you refer to their famous anticonsummer practices. People are not going to microslop discord to call them genocide enablers (which they are) or other stuff. Just microslop because, lately, they only produce slop (proof: windows 11, to name a single one among the lot).

    Heh. I guess I’m more used to Barbara and never really listened to Barbra’s music.

    Happens. I always saw Barbra (and thought it was a weird name).

    I’m saying that if you insult a company on their property then don’t bitch if they kick you out. Just because you are not insulting a specific person doesn’t mean that they have to allow you to behave badly.

    The fact is people are not bitching about being kicked out, but laughing about how dumb they are painting themselves over a silly thing that could have died really soon if they just let it be.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    I don't know if I was actively and consistently stealing people's data; shitting out broken software that workers will be forced to use and all but telling people to go fuck themselves when they complain. I'd be expecting a lot more then insults.

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  • [+] -6 points 8 months ago* (8 children)

    That doesn't mean that they have to tolerate it on their property. People (certainly here) seem to be expect that they can go anywhere and say anything and everyone is supposed to just take it. Companies are allowed to ban you unless it violates an applicable law and the First Amendment (in the USA) is for protection from the government, not a private business. If I talk trash about Walmart in one of their stores they can have me leave. I don't have some special protection.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Only about 4-5% of the world lives in the U.S., I am not one of them. Stop acting like a shill.

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  • [–] -2 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    4.20%. I was giving an example. I'm not jumping on the hate train to try to placate fanatics who obviously think that anything goes when they don't like something. I don't like or trust Microsoft (and have bad-mouthed them many times) but I will not go to their "properties" to insult them and I certainly don't expect them to be fine with it. Call me a shrill if you want to but I get the impression that you just want to be an asshole and want others to be as well.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I said shill, not shrill. None of us are going to the company in person. The ceo wants people to stop calling ai slop. This is why people are calling it Microslop. Also, people are boycotting Microsoft, because they are helping with the Palestinian genocide. I try to limit all my purchases from Microsoft if possible. The company is evil, the founder was on the Epstein list, and is also evil.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    I could have sworn I used shill. I don't know if it's my fingers betraying me or if it's autocorrect.

    I'm using going to Microsoft HQ as an analogy. Going to their forums or groups or Discord server, etc., and causing grief should be treated like griefers anywhere. I'm not saying to not use Microslop at all, just that if you are causing grief somewhere it's understandable if you get kicked out.

    Don't get me wrong. I believe that the ones at Microsoft responsible need to have an Ed Gruberman experience. I'm just going to behave myself while on their property.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Discord is not their property. It is just a social network they use. And what you call griefing is what most people call protesting. If CEO just never made a big deal about AI being slop, there would be less hate. But since we know it hurts his feelings, it is the Barbra Streisand effect.

    I am not in any of their servers, but I am boycotting their services. There is no point in paying for games from them, if the money goes to Palestinian genocide.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    the First Amendment (in the USA) is for protection from the government, not a private business

    Increasingly becoming a distinction without a difference, as corporate and government interests become more and more intertwined.

    (Suppose that the government politely asks Microsoft to ban all mention of "genocide" on Microsoft platforms, while making it very clear that it's completely optional, the government just asking for a favor, and it's not at all required, no penalty for failing to do so. Probably not even an official request. Just, say, the President rambling on social media about how it would be very "great again" if Microsoft did that. And Microsoft eagerly and voluntarily bans mention of "genocide". Later, the government allows Microsoft to make a big merger without worrying about anti-trust laws, and also gives them a significant tax break. Were first amendment rights violated?)

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    What you describe is like how the Mafia leaders claim that they never gave an order to commit a crime. Al Capone was very difficult to pin down.

    Since Microsoft could decline the government's "request", then I suspect that technically First Amendment rights were not violated. It's how companies have been getting away for essentially spying for the government.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's really not. A corporation is not a person.

    A random person also does not have control over aspects of my life via lobbying and contracts I have no influence over. And if such a person existed (say billionaires) then it would absolutely be acceptable to go to their place and insult them. That's called protest.

    This isn't people going and insulting innocent little Microsoft who hasn't done anything. Microsoft's behaviour is seen as unacceptable and people are speaking up.

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  • [+] -9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    If you showed up at Microsoft HQ and started throwing out insults, why would that be acceptable? I'm not a fan of Microsoft but this seems to be a case of people being keyboard activists who would only act that way when they think they are anonymous. It reminds me, somewhat, of the guys in college who would harass girls online but act totally different in person.

    One can protest without being insulting. I wouldn't walk into a room at Microsoft HQ and start throwing insults. However, this is Lemmy. There's a mentality here that justifies certain behavior.

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