Microsoftが「マイクロスロップ」をDiscordでNGワードにして大炎上した話
これ、もう笑っていいのか怒っていいのかわからないニュース。
Microsoftの公式Discordサーバーで、ユーザーたちが同社を「Microslop（マイクロスロップ＝Microsoftのスラング蔑称）」と呼ぶのにキレた中の人が、その単語をNGワードに設定してしまった。
Okay, I'm not sure if I should laugh or be annoyed by this news. On Microsoft's official Discord server, someone from inside the company got fed up with users calling them 'Microslop' (a slang pejorative for Microsoft) and decided to ban the word.
The Streisand Effect Strikes Again
Naturally, this just poured fuel on the fire. Backlash immediately erupted with cries of "Is this censorship?" and "Are you not even allowing criticism?" Things spiraled out of control, ultimately forcing them to take the worst possible action: locking the entire server (stopping all posts). The internet is now openly mocking it as a textbook example of the "Streisand Effect."
[jito]Wow, this is just a classic self-own. Someone at Microsoft really misjudged how the internet reacts to attempts at censorship, especially on their own official platform. [smile]
当然、火に油。
「言論統制か？」「批判すら許さないのか」と反発が一気に広がり、収拾がつかなくなった結果、サーバーそのものをロック（書き込み停止）するという最悪の手を打つ羽目に。ネット上で「Streisand効果」の教科書に載りそうな事例だ、と嘲笑されている。
まあ、気持ちはわかる。自分の会社を毎日バカにされ続けたら、そりゃモデレーターだってイラッとくる。でも公式サーバーでやっちゃダメでしょう、それは。
ちなみに「Microslop」は、Windows Updateの不具合やらEdgeの押し付けやらで不満を持つユーザーが使い始めた呼び名。愛憎が詰まっている。
元ネタはWindows Latestの記事から。
Honestly, I get it. If people were constantly making fun of my company every day, even I, as a moderator, would get irritated. But you just can't do that on an official server, can you? For context, 'Microslop' is a name users started using due to frustrations with Windows Update bugs and the aggressive promotion of Edge. It's a term packed with a lot of love-hate. The original source for this news comes from Windows Latest.
[jito]Wow, this is just a classic self-own. Someone at Microsoft really misjudged[jito] how the internet reacts to attempts at censorship, especially on their own official platform
