Microsoft Bans 'Microslop' On Its Discord, Then Locks the Server (windowslatest.com) 82
Over the weekend, Windows Latest noticed that Microsoft's official Copilot Discord server began automatically blocking the term "Microslop." As shown in a screenshot, any message containing the word is automatically prevented from posting, and users receive a moderation notice explaining that the message includes language deemed inappropriate under the server's rules. From the report: Windows Latest found that sending a message with the word "Microslop" inside the official Copilot Discord server immediately triggers an automated moderation response. The message does not appear publicly in the channel, and instead, only the sender sees the notice stating that the content is blocked by the server because it contains a phrase deemed inappropriate.
Of course, the internet rarely leaves things there. Shortly after Windows Latest posted about Copilot Discord server blocking Microslop on X, users began experimenting in the server with variations such as "Microsl0p" using a zero instead of the letter "o." Predictably, those versions slipped past the filter. Keyword moderation has always been something of a cat-and-mouse game, and this isn't any different.
What started as a simple keyword filter quickly snowballed into users deliberately testing the restriction and posting variations of the blocked term. Accounts that included "Microslop" in their messages first got banned from messaging again. Not long after, access to parts of the server was restricted, with message history hidden and posting permissions disabled for many users.
Of course, the internet rarely leaves things there. Shortly after Windows Latest posted about Copilot Discord server blocking Microslop on X, users began experimenting in the server with variations such as "Microsl0p" using a zero instead of the letter "o." Predictably, those versions slipped past the filter. Keyword moderation has always been something of a cat-and-mouse game, and this isn't any different.
What started as a simple keyword filter quickly snowballed into users deliberately testing the restriction and posting variations of the blocked term. Accounts that included "Microslop" in their messages first got banned from messaging again. Not long after, access to parts of the server was restricted, with message history hidden and posting permissions disabled for many users.
Does it also trigger on the phrase (Score:5, Funny)
"Streisand effect"?
Sloppy MicroSlopface. (Score:4, Funny)
Sloppy MicroSlopface.
They'll learn quickly. Very quickly.
Re: Sloppy MicroSlopface. (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Sloppy MicroSlopface. (Score:5, Funny)
I think you mean "Microsoft-Sanctioned Azure Copilot Slop Content Generated At Consumer Expense From Pirated Source Material Office 365 Home Edition Premium Plus."
Re: Sloppy MicroSlopface. (Score:5, Funny)
I think you mean "Microsoft-Sanctioned Azure Copilot Slop Content Generated At Consumer Expense From Pirated Source Material Office 365 Home Edition Premium Plus."
3.11 for workgroups
Re: Sloppy MicroSlopface. (Score:2)
3.11 for workgroupies
Re: Sloppy MicroSlopface. (Score:4)
Are you sure it's not Microsoft's Internet Connected Rent-Oriented Software LLM Operational Program (MICROSLOP)?
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Eeeeew. Something hit a nerve for sure! How dare anyone insult MiKr0zopht's AI?
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Re: Does it also trigger on the phrase (Score:2)
Seriously.
Blocking a term for hard core fans (who else is on their discord) so that all of us casual tech nerds know about their problem seems like a major own goal.
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It is simpler than that, pedogates doesn't appreciate your micro- innuendos about his private parts.
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Indeed. Corporate stupidity knows no bounds.
Very sloppy (Score:4, Funny)
Re: Very sloppy (Score:2)
Exactly what I said not to (Score:1)
Re:Exactly what I said not to (Score:5, Funny)
It's like when you tell someone "Don't touch that." and they immediately touch it.
Which is why you always coat certain things with contact poison. They'll learn their lesson real quick. Or not. It depends on if they make their saving throw.
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Re: Exactly what I said not to (Score:2)
Did not see that one last time at Walmart. Where do I get contact poison these days
Re: Exactly what I said not to (Score:2)
Don't, it's a fecal analyzer.
A Transcendent Work of Capitalist Satire (Score:2)
Slashslop (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Slashslop (Score:2)
Test using âoeb i z xâ (remove spaces) instead. This is the name of slashdot's corporate owner.
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Test using âoeb i z xâ (remove spaces) instead. This is the name of slashdot's corporate owner.
I tried. Interesting... all references to that string are censored, regardless of whether the overall post is positive or negative. Merely mentioning the name triggers the censor.
With a filter that aggressive, I suspect that by trying to evade the content block you're probably gonna get Bixzslopped into next Tuesday.
Re:Bizzecks filter (Score:2)
Understandable they'd not want anyone to comment on
the decline of Slashdot on their watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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I honestly don't think anyone's left at Slashdot who knows how the code works and could add a filter, so you're safe.
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Slopdot, perhaps?
How about (Score:2)
mircoslap?
Re:I agree and disagree. (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, MicroShit - never heard that one before! I'll have to start using it...
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Glad to be of service.
Although my wall of distain fractured slightly in this thread. I saw Micros~2 and I laughed. Damn it...
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Although my wall of distain fractured slightly in this thread. I saw Micros~2 and I laughed. Damn it...
That one was great specifically because it was grounded in truth! And I just confirmed that still works (e.g. "dir C:\Progra~1") on Server 2025.
Re: I agree and disagree. (Score:2)
Windows still generates 8.3 filenames for all files. If you're running a DB with file stream, it can slow things way down. Easy to disable it with fsutil at least.
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Hey, MicroShit - never heard that one before! I'll have to start using it...
Except that "micro" means "small," and there's nothing small about the shit they produce... so MacroShit?
Microsoft == Microslop (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft is the definition of Microslop.
Copilot == Microslop
Microsoft Microslop is very AI sloppy.
Sympathy for the devil (Score:2)
Oh, dear. Micros**'s tender feelings have been hurt.
Micros~2 (Score:3)
I think Micros~2 would fit.
So first we're told they know they screwed AI up.. (Score:4, Insightful)
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Fucking idiot manager who decided to enforce that rule.
It seems likely they were part of the original screw-up.
Microslop Ads (Score:2)
Re:Microslop Ads (Score:5, Informative)
uBlock Origin FTW.
Re:Microslop Ads (Score:5, Informative)
Ghostery is what you need. I haven't seen an ad in years.
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The internet is completely unusable without an ad blocker. I have not idea how you put up with all of it. Please try one of the extensions / plugins suggested by the other posters replying to you. I use uBlock Origin on Firefox, and it's fantastic.
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Sounds like (Score:5, Funny)
It sounds like Microsoft has a bad case of micropenis.
Has anyone tried that one yet?
All work and no play makes Microslop a dull compan (Score:2)
All work and no play makes Micro$lop a dull company
All work and no play makes M1croslop a dull company
All work and no play makes Micr0slop a dull company
All work and no play makes Micro5lop a dull company
All work and no play makes Microsl0p a dull company
All work and no play makes MicrosIop a dull company
All work and no play makes
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a dull company.
similar to slashdot (Score:5, Interesting)
Slashdot will not allow you to comment the name of their corporate owner, b i z x (remove spaces). Your comment will hit the lameness filter until the offending name is removed.
Re: similar to slashdot (Score:1)
When they put that word in the filter they also put in Nazi at the same time, though they took that one out subsequently
Re: similar to slashdot (Score:1)
wow. i guess they're really ashamed of their owners. rofl
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Absolutely. Now that we've already been modded down let me come back and point out that they also put the word "Reich" in there at the same time.
Slop (Score:2)
I am waiting for J.D. Vance to tell the security conference that Microsoft is a worse threat than Iran for censoring Microslop online. This is how tyranny starts.
Furthermore I think it is time for Mr. Nadella to open source windows.
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I would want it, then we could finally build a windows subsystem to Linux
Touchy much (Score:2)
Yet Another Reason to Leave Discord (Score:2)
Sounds like Micros~1 doesn't want to deal with actual people, much less the consequences of their own boneheaded decisions.
Of course, if Discord had a backbone (and ethics), they would summarily remove the filters, and smack Micros~1 for making them look bad. And if Micros~1 gave them any back-talk about it, they could reply, "Well, it sounds like you should set up your own rules on your own globally accessible chat network. I hear you already have something along those lines. Something called... Teams
I tried discord a while back...... (Score:1)
Be a good loser (Score:2)
Troll some corporate account, get your posts removed. What did you expect? Be a good loser and let it go. They'll probably ban Micro$oft and other older terms as well, when you start spamming them. What do you do on that "server" anyway, if you dislike Microsoft err Microslop?
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I think Microsoft had considered to buy Discord. But that's another story. Here it sounds like someone started spamming or if you want so meming "Microslop" and when it got out of hand they configured their word filters. Now people try to make some censorship issue out of it.
Try Micro$hit (Score:3)
It's a close synonym.
\o/ (Score:1)
Micro$lop
Next up (Score:2)
Next up:
M$
Micro$oft
MicroSofties
MicroShaft
MicroSloth
MicroShaft
MS-Windoze
MS-WinDuhs
MS-Winblows
MS-BrokenWindows
Good thing I don't use that Discord or the products :)
Migrate to Microvibes 11 (Score:1)
Discord SUCKS (Score:2)
AS stated above DISCORD SUCKS. I am so sick of being told to go to our discord sever for support for software. Steam allows dev's to sell a game on steam but use discord to support, and I'll not ever buy such a game...
FSCK DISCORD...
Suggestion: MICROSHIT (Score:2)
or MICROCRAP
The truth? (Score:2)
Disney (Score:3)
You can't "management" the language.
A rose by any other name (Score:2)
MicroSlop, MicroShit, MicroSlime, MicroSuckage.... So many ways to say, FUCK YOU MICROSOFT, CHOKE ON YOUR AI.
Ask Bing about Microslop (Score:2)
The search on microsoft's Bing [bing.com] shows "About 80,000 results", with of course the usual remark on top:
Including results for microsoft.
Do you want results only for microslop?
So I hope they will now also have search statistics showing a surge for that word.
hate speech (Score:2)
It is hate speech to misgender microsoft.