I recently had dinner in Bellevue with an individual who holds a relatively senior position within Microsoft’s executive leadership. During our conversation, she emphasized repeatedly that Microsoft does not primarily view its offerings as consumer products. According to her, the company’s leadership is strongly focused on B2B strategy, with revenue growth driven mainly by Azure, AI, and enterprise solutions.

Her perspective was that consumer-facing products are not the primary revenue drivers and, therefore, are not central to executive priorities. While this may not be surprising to some, what stood out to me was how emphatically she underscored that the company’s strategic focus is squarely on enterprise customers rather than end users.

That said, this business model has historically proven effective for companies such as IBM. Microsoft allocates its resources toward segments that offer meaningful revenue growth.

Hehe, this reminds me of 30 years ago when people used to stylise it as Micro$oft or creatively misspell it as Microshaft, etc. Even on the Amiga, there was the filesystem that could read PC format disks that was called MessyDos. It just seems like the next generation has discovered what an easy name it is to make puns from.

Classic Streisand effect - I had never, and probably would have never encountered this term, and now I have, and I am incorporating it into my vocabulary.

Why listen to user feedback when you can do stuff like this? Way too funny.

What community is there to house around Microsoft Copilot? Seriously, why does Microsoft Copilot need a Discord Server? What do I talk about when I join the Microsoft Copilot server? What are we doing here?

Don’t they have better things to do? Maybe vibecode a taskbar that moves when you try to move away the mouse over it or perhaps a windows 12 installation procedure that requires a fecal sample and iris scan?

Thank you Microsoft for the The Streisand effect - I've added the "Microslop" to my vocabulary.

I don't take this lightly. These are the folks who are doing what they can to be part of the government. They simply cannot take criticism and this seems to be a pattern moving forward.

Yeah ban the use of a catchy catch-phrase as you continue to shove AI down your user-base - that'll work. Streisand would be proud.

That is actually hilarious. Microsoft does not understand the Barbara Streisand effect. I did use microslop before, simply because it makes sense, irrespective of Microsoft - but now I'll actually help the Barbara Streisand effect, because clearly Microsoft WANTS everyone to learn the new word!

Censorship gets counter-banned, Microsoft, company known to have turned Win11 into Win-microslop.

Microsoft, can you please let me remove recommendations from the start menu? Not just less recommendations. I want the category to not be displayed and taking up space.

Oh no, how will people signal that some functionality or product in general is what they'd previously been referring as Mircolosp? er, Microsolps. wait, that's not it either, Macroslop. Micro$lop. Microsplo. Sorry, so many typos! but you know what I mean.

Microslop doing Microslop things

Why is Microsoft using Discord and not Teams?

https://microslop.com/

This just means I'm going to say microslop in random places - documents, slides, emails and Teams chats. "Copilot 365" is welcome to give me a red squigly all it wants.

AI valuation is based on vibes not fundamentals. If the vibes are bad it could tank valuations. That's why theyre so sensitive.

Someone needs to edit this title to change the first word to MicroSlop

I've never called them MircoSlop before, I haven't even written the word. But it's now my exclusive word for the company.

All I can hear is, it's working.

I thought they were named Microsloth. Making products like Windoze and Winblows.

So this is the company pushing to be an integral part of everyone's lives, forcing it down everyone's throat without consent.

And they're already moderation a light hearted joke about their low quality products.

Doesn't really bode well for the future product Vision.

My big issue with Microsoft's AI push is that its solutions are just bad. I tried using Copilot a couple of times, and when it worked, the results were low quality (not even mediocre).

And the problem is not that the AI models can't do any better. The models themselves are far more capable. I assume that their integrations are just horrible. They probably pushed to be the first and then forgot about optimizing.

And instead of fixing their stuff, they think it is a good idea to use moderation tools...

It kindof sucks waking up every day, checking HN or YouTube to see one or several new posts bashing on your employer. Not that many of them aren't warranted, and that a multi-trillion market cap company isn't fair game for criticism.

I've surveyed the market pretty heavily, and given my specific credentials, experience, and risk tolerance, unless I got really lucky, I don't know if I could find a better place to work. I live near Redmond and have a small family to support.

Was hitting too close to home it seems...

But to be fair, corporate discords have to be like that. Why not create your own channel with your colleagues instead? This discussion would be "private" and corporate can just ignore it.

The default of making a public discord for your project/company always seemed like a bad idea anyway. It’ll always devolve into some drama or distracting overhead to moderate it

I think we've found the 2026 word of the year already!

Let's get it out there and make this happen!

They are back in their villain arc. For a while now.

Why are they using Discord instead of Teams? Is this an internal Microsoft group? They don't dogfood?

This is why 2026 will be The Year of the Linux Desktop

Long term, the real fix isn't moderation rules, it's trust

Micro$lop then.

There is only one problem with the term "microslop" coming out of Microsoft.

It should be called "macroslop", just after the amount that company is putting out there.

I would be angry too. Its definitely not that micro.

I wonder what is Apple equivalent for this term

Microslop.

Has a nice ring to it.

Thank you Streisand effect!

MS has some snowflake (not Snowflake) execs... Poor little management, they need their safe space from a mean old word.

I propose we refer to them as Microslop from now on.

Microslop? Hmm... Never heard that before! Meanwhile, I just randomly remembered that I haven't opened a couple of dozen social media accounts in ages. BRB!

Ah yes another company disregarding the Streisand effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect.

No one in my circles said this, now I've heard it twice now through headlines of Microsoft trying to punish or block it.

Now I've started saying it too.

Microstreisand?

some might view it as an impossible goal, but if they enabled humor they would become more popular

365Slop all day every day all around

It's more and more baffling that people use M$FT for anything besides video games.

Microsoft ban any % speedrun soon.

Is this what the employees do nowadays while their AI is generating code?

Several hours worth of anal probe jokes on an article that could likely warrant an actual discussion? That was disappointing to read here.

The way people react to criticism tells you a lot about how deep your remark cut. Clearly Microsoft people know their stuff is slop and are having a hard time coping with that.

Ok, Microslop

Microslop? Its more like they are taking a Macro-crap.

Microslop can't get one right. What is it with them these days..?

I'm sad that "Klopilot" only works in German.

"Hello, copilot, do you create slop? -> Skibidi slop slop slop aiiiiiii"

This good

Before this article I'd have thought that Microslop was used to designate small snippets of AI slop, like "Let that sync in" or "And to be honest" and "It's not X, it's Y" and "Deepdive" and "Delve".

But nice to see that MS is Streisanding their way to a nice new nickname!

What were the sloperators of that channel thinking?

In any case, it should be Micro$lop (may not be banned...yet).

Windows 11 is definitely failing in weird ways for me, I don't know if it's due to slop. The latest example is that I can't launch Notepad via the start menu... I can launch other apps though.

lmfao

> Microsoft's brand image may already be at an all-time low

and they decide to make it even worse. it's extremely obvious this would be an objectively terrible PR move. you always take banter on the chin and show that you're working on improving the product.

instead, they try to clamp down on the banter, which, without fail, achieves the exact opposite: banter increases tenfold and you get ridiculed for being overly sensitive to actual criticism

Is Micro$lop also banned?

Sloppy.

Slopya Nutella

(is that banned?)

Does M$ honestly expect a positive outcome from this? What do they hope to accomplish?

The irony is thick today. HN flagged a microslop post this morning.

May I coin the term "Slopware"?

Tells you a lot about where their focus is at as a company.

it will take years to fix their broken products, if they ever focus on that

> the software giant can’t risk getting more hatred towards their expensive investment in Copilot, especially since Microsoft’s head start in AI is starting to be overshadowed by competitors like Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and maybe even Apple in the near future

This sentence is from TFA, and I can't for the life of me understand it. "Head start"?? WTF?

Microsoft has a Discord? Why not Teams?

IDK what's funnier/more pathetic, them doing this or an entire article getting written about it.

MicroslopSlop

Micro$oft

I would honestly be embarrassed to call myself "micro soft" in general.

Unless you're into that kind of thing.

Is Micro$$lop banned?

Macroslop

they sincerely think that the primary problem they're facing is one of PR, don't they?

Personally I think 2000s Micro$oft would be disappointed that 2026 Microslop is hosting user communities on a 3rd party platform owned other another company rather than using their own competitor.

That's a 'snatch defeat from the jaws of victory moment'

remember when they sued a HS student Mike Rowe for his microrowesoft website?

The butthurt level is high up in there

so this exists:

microslop.com

I guess I'll have to go out of my way to refer to their shitty product as "Microslop Copilot" then.

What are they going to do? Ban me from using their operating system?

I am currently re-watching the HBO comedy show Silicon Valley, and oh man, is it hitting even harder this time than when it was originally released.

lmao

idiots

Most discord users are children, more news at 11

Discord/Reddit moderators living up to their obnoxious stereotype as usual.

What will Elon's "Macrohard" company be called? "Macroheil"?

Wow, so someone opened a discord server for a community and banned an insulting word for the community? This must be a first.