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Gualdrapoyesterday at 11:33 AM9 repliesview on HN

Is "Microslop" really insulting, though?


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TOMDMyesterday at 12:09 PM

You can argue that banning insults is a bad look, bad move, that the insult is warranted or whatever, but are you really going to die on the hill that calling the company Microslop isn't insulting?

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7952yesterday at 12:43 PM

The branding people will hate it. Although IMHO the best thing they could do is co-opt it as a feedback term and acknowledge that AI can be hit or miss.

latexryesterday at 2:22 PM

It is definitely an insult because it’s used pejoratively. If it is insulting I guess depends on if the target feels insulted. Seeing as they blocked the word, it seems they do.

angstromyesterday at 11:36 AM

Less insulting than Macroslop

Manfredyesterday at 11:35 AM

Why wouldn’t it be? It’s a mean derivation of their company name.

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hagbard_cyesterday at 12:42 PM

If anything it is a diminutive for a company which really should have named itself Megaslop by now if not Gigaslop or even Teraslop. Poor little Microslop, are those people being nasty again?

windowlikeryesterday at 11:35 AM

It's insulting to good, honest slop.

5o1ecistyesterday at 11:35 AM

Truth hurts the immature, which is also why censorship is rampant.

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JasonADruryyesterday at 1:17 PM

I think the most important question here is this: Are users who post the string "microslop" generally desirable participants that will contribute in a productive manner?

I suspect not.

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