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Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers
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I hate when people use passive voice in these things. It's such a slimy way to try and avoid responsibility.
"We have blocked you from using a mobile browser." is the active voice. It includes a subject ("we") and a verb ("blocked"). It says that someone made a decision, executed that decision, and is responsible.
"It looks like ... ", " ... is currently unavailable" is so fucking weaselly and irresponsible. You are 100% a complete piece of shit if you ever say something like that. You are not responsible enough to handle a Wendy's drive-through order, let alone a large organization.
I didn't know there was a word for it. I always just called it "corperate talk"
You learn to talk like this inside a large corporation too. I try not to do it, but it's difficult and I catch myself doing it every now and then, because you see other people writing like this all the time.
I learned to do it when in a call centre to avoid laying blame on any particular party (the company or the customer). Agreed though it can come across pretty shittily.