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Manfred | on: Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then locks the server
Why wouldn’t it be? It’s a mean derivation of their company name.
seanclayton | parent | next
It's as insulting as M$ is
JasonADrury | root | parent | next
Has there ever been a single good piece of writing that uses "M$" or the likes?

"M$" may not be insulting in itself, but it's certainly typically associated with insultingly poor writing.

BigTTYGothGF | root | parent
> Has there ever been a single good piece of writing that uses "M$" or the likes?

There has not.

cinntaile | root | parent
How is M$ insulting? It just looks like a leetspeak version of MS.
riffraff | root | parent | next
It is supposed to indicate Microsoft cares only about money, which to me too, seems in the same league as microslop, i.e. mildly insulting but really not rude enough to be worth censoring.
matsemann | root | parent | next
And other insults are just words as well. It's the intention, history, connotation etc. behind words that give them meaning. M$ is meant as an insult, hence it's insulting. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/M$
cinntaile | root | parent
As I said, I was not aware of the insult.
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4gotunameagain | parent | next
It would be mean if they weren't actually vibecoding copilot & md into notepad, introducing an RCE vulnerability.

In notepad.

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fireflash38 | parent
Maybe they should stop insulting their users with the slop they put out and charge for then.