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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 points 25 minutes ago

I hate this timeline, but I do enjoy the small moments of absurdity when I can.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Go to microsoft dot com. Click their chat help bot. Ask "What is microslop?" get told, sorry, I cannot help you with that and turns itself off.

[–] Ranulph@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 hour ago

I just did that..and it said....''it would seem you are referring to Microsoft'' So all of your hard work was not in vain. It is now self aware

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 24 points 12 hours 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!

[–] Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours 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.

[–] Dentzy@sh.itjust.works 46 points 14 hours ago

I loved the:

Of course, the internet rarely leaves things there.

There are many things wrong about the current Internet, but the pettiness against any affront (real or perceived) won't ever die, and I think that's good.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Am I the only one questioning why Microslop has a Discord server? Don't they have a chat product?

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

They do, but have you ever seen a party that everyone knows about but no one shows up to? That's Microsoft's non-paid chat service.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 42 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

"Hello I'm [generic person 2387362] and I'm the community manager for [generic corporation/tool/product 1892873]! I just started a few weeks ago and I'm so excited to announce that in the interest of [generic engagement and advertising], we'd started a discord server! We [positive transitive verb] our community, and want to bring them together so they can share some of the [productivity success stories] they've had or ask the community for support! Remember, while this is an official [generic corporation] channel, by joining this community you agree to [27 pages of legal terms about them owning your messages and data farming you]."

[–] Ranulph@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

You son of a bitch I'm in!! Where do I sign up?

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 27 points 13 hours ago

Microslop should ask their own NoPilot about the Streisand Effect.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 197 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

NoPilot

I like it, I like it.

[–] BryyM@lemmy.world 37 points 17 hours ago

Thank you for pointing out this clearly superior word, you expanded my vocabulary!

[–] shai_hulud@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago

Microsoft is tired of Microslop? Weird, that.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 123 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of the time when Disney allegedly* sent a memo to workers at Disney Land and Disney World telling them that, if they didn't stop complaining about the abysmal working conditions by calling both parks Mousewitz, they'd be fired.

Within the hour, workers started calling it Duchau in stead.

*read: probably

[–] lornosaj@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

I get the Mousewitz part but what’s the reference to Dachau about? Duchau read like Duckau as in Donald Duck?

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

It might be that there is pun at all about them calling it Dachau and that was the point. Oh we can’t use this cheeky nickname anymore? Fine, we’ll just refer to it as Dachau. Ban that.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 4 points 1 hour ago

Remember how Americans would pronounce the ch. They already basically say Dackau, so Duckau isn't a far stretch.

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Dachau was one if the first concentration camps in Germany.

[–] lornosaj@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

I am very aware, I was asking about the pronunciation/reference.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 24 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

And if they keep it up, Macroslop

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 40 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Idk Microsoft, maybe fix your AI so it doesn't recommend Microsoft products that are either ~~depreciated~~ deprecated or don't exist.

It's pretty embarrassing for you.

[–] jwt@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 hours ago

Thank you for the correction!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

If it was the only bad thing about Microsoft, it would be pretty great though.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 23 points 14 hours ago

🎶 Barbra Streisand 🎶

[–] rogsson@piefed.social 71 points 16 hours ago

Why would Microslop do this? Aren’t they proud of the slop they are filling everything with? Or is this just a simple insecurity thing? Want us to call you Macroslop instead?

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 82 points 17 hours ago

Oh Microslop... throwing tantrums like a 5 year old brat

[–] Aberration13@lemmy.world 82 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 112 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 33 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (5 children)

Good old roflcopter.

Wait, this a picture? Seriously? Here's some ascii art ones: https://gist.github.com/MatthewRalston/3f529c819e4976c7e6572f5682c8959f

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 35 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Things must be rough for the AI fandom when a Discord made for CoPilot is unsustainably critical of CoPilot

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[–] NavySqueal@lemmy.world 41 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Ah microslop kicking themselves for not buying discord

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 27 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I wanna join the server just to look at the absolute loser shit that must be going down in the "Aha AI Moments" channel

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Microsoft locked all the channels in that discord within the last few hours.

Before that, every channel was Microslop nonstop. Apparently even giving them feedback (in the feedback channel) about the product is no longer allowed. Microsoft cannot handle the fact they dish out slop.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 41 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Microslop needs to ask Copilot about the Streisand Effect. As someone not chronically on social media, I hadn't heard about this term yet. Now, it's one of my favorites.

Funny enough, I've been experimenting with Copilot at work and it does have some genuine uses for looking up information quickly. Especially when trying to troubleshoot Microslop products. Between the disaster called "Windows 11", the cluster-fuck which is New Outlook and the complete shitshow which falls under the umbrella of "Defender", it's obvious that they have stopped investing in QA and testing. At least Copilot can help me find the right document to quickly tell me that I can't do something I used to be able to do in the old version of Outlook. Or, that Defender is incapable of doing things which even Symantec Antivirus had gotten right in the early 2000's.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I still use windows 10.

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