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Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash
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this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2026
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Why does Microsoft use Discord??
For the same reason they have a twitter account for sharing updates about outages. Because their own systems don't @#^ing work
Right! That makes it funnier in my opinion. Cause they have teams.
You gotta keep competition in view
I guess their own slop isn't good enough as a communication platform
Did you mean Microslop and… actually, Discord doesn‘t even need a clever nickname.
They use Discord for community stuff, IE non employee interactions. People can join those communities to learn, they have several
Teams is used for internal employee chat.
It's where people are, sadly.
IT and tech support for the relatively common case of bricked computers and bad updates.
Looks like it’s the official server for Copilot, presumably for the community (e.g. support, etc) not internal communication, for what that’s worth