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Probably the funniest writeup of a twitter account I've seen: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/09/08/merriam_webster_dictionary_tweeted_no_one_car

Probably the funniest writeup of a twitter account I've seen: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/09/08/merriam_webster_dictionary_tweeted_no_one_cares_about_how_you_feel.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/09/08/merriam... A guy writes about his brush with fame when MW was rude to him on Twitter.

spraak 10y ago
Wow! I have appreciated MW's descriptive approach but what's the point in being rude? It really sours my feelings about them
- mason240 10y ago
  The guy was troll looking for a reaction.
kkoomi 10y ago
This guy makes a statement in a public forum, especially one known for dialogues, about an entity, whether human or a company, and then is surprised when they reply back. Then he proceeds to write an entire blog post about his poor feelings. What a pussy.
- sctb 10y ago
  > What a pussy. We ban accounts that violate the commenting guidelines like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
powercf 10y ago
Pretty shocking - the response from MW, and then the vitriol on twitter, and on the slate article.
BEEdwards 10y ago
"Rude?" He spent the night insulting them and they told him that no one cared, that's not rude that's response in kind. It might be odd seeing defensiveness from a marketing account, but it's not unexpected. They're going for hip and cool and it's neither to let a rando insult you.
- powercf 10y ago
  > He spent the night insulting them and they told him that no one cared, that's not rude that's response in kind. That's not true. Asking, in one tweet, if it's "narcissistically gratifying" for MW to be the "chill dictionary" may be insulting, but not needlessly so, as I think that's the central point he's trying to make. Overall though, they are a meandering, somewhat pointless series of tweets, aimed at a company, and not an individual. Stating that "No one cares how you feel." is needlessly insulting and isn't attempting to make any point. It's also directed at an individual, and not a large company, so it's always going to be perceived as more cutting. That "No one cares how you feel." is, apparently, an expression commonly used in English teaching doesn't excuse it: the author, and the vast majority of Tweeters didn't get the reference.

spraak 10y ago

Wow! I have appreciated MW's descriptive approach but what's the point in being rude? It really sours my feelings about them

mason240 10y ago
The guy was troll looking for a reaction.

kkoomi 10y ago

This guy makes a statement in a public forum, especially one known for dialogues, about an entity, whether human or a company, and then is surprised when they reply back. Then he proceeds to write an entire blog post about his poor feelings. What a pussy.

sctb 10y ago
> What a pussy. We ban accounts that violate the commenting guidelines like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

powercf 10y ago

Pretty shocking - the response from MW, and then the vitriol on twitter, and on the slate article.

BEEdwards 10y ago

"Rude?" He spent the night insulting them and they told him that no one cared, that's not rude that's response in kind. It might be odd seeing defensiveness from a marketing account, but it's not unexpected. They're going for hip and cool and it's neither to let a rando insult you.

powercf 10y ago
> He spent the night insulting them and they told him that no one cared, that's not rude that's response in kind. That's not true. Asking, in one tweet, if it's "narcissistically gratifying" for MW to be the "chill dictionary" may be insulting, but not needlessly so, as I think that's the central point he's trying to make. Overall though, they are a meandering, somewhat pointless series of tweets, aimed at a company, and not an individual. Stating that "No one cares how you feel." is needlessly insulting and isn't attempting to make any point. It's also directed at an individual, and not a large company, so it's always going to be perceived as more cutting. That "No one cares how you feel." is, apparently, an expression commonly used in English teaching doesn't excuse it: the author, and the vast majority of Tweeters didn't get the reference.