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The fact that the text is 'Hello there'. I wonder if a MSFT employee was typing a response to you, but accidentally clicked edit on your comment and it overwro

by posnet 5y ago

The fact that the text is 'Hello there'. I wonder if a MSFT employee was typing a response to you, but accidentally clicked edit on your comment and it overwrote your content before they realised what they have done, then panicked and just hit submit.

usbqk 5y ago
It smells like the developer is in charge of the component and he didn’t want the report posted there publicly.
- Closi 5y ago
  I think Hanlon's Razor can be applied here - i.e. never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Particularly considering his comments were just echoing all the other comments in the thread - and the message "hello there" is strange and doesn't really make sense to me (if they have the power to edit a post, they probably have the power to delete it outright, which would have been less suspicious and not generated this post).
  - deleted 5y ago
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Closi 5y ago
I think this is a logical explanation - that they have a huge team going through answers here and that one of them made a fuck-up.
- nix23 5y ago
  The logical explanation is: -There are no MS Employees there (but professional Call/Text Centers) -MS gives a *it about your opinion (as every big IT Company) -But MS wants you to feel that your part of the family (inclusive developers developers!!)
  - thrower123 5y ago
    Microsoft has always had the likes of Accenture or HCL moderating their forums and feedback sites. You're better off shouting into the void than expecting to get anything useful out of those channels.
    - nix23 5y ago
      At least a void gives often a echo...Microsoft gives you Win 11...after telling you Win 10 is the last windows ever...also some kind of an echo from the past (same *ssholes as ever) ;)
thombles 5y ago
(author here) I like the thinking but I have never once seen a MSFT rep reply directly to a comment on Feedback Hub. Not once. You're lucky if the submission-level response makes sense. I don't think it explains this case.
- dgellow 5y ago
  I got a few personal responses for issues I reported. It’s not just automated ones.
teekert 5y ago
Hehe good call, “Never attribute to malice…”…

by posnet 5y ago

usbqk 5y ago

It smells like the developer is in charge of the component and he didn’t want the report posted there publicly.

Closi 5y ago
I think Hanlon's Razor can be applied here - i.e. never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Particularly considering his comments were just echoing all the other comments in the thread - and the message "hello there" is strange and doesn't really make sense to me (if they have the power to edit a post, they probably have the power to delete it outright, which would have been less suspicious and not generated this post).
- deleted 5y ago
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Closi 5y ago

I think this is a logical explanation - that they have a huge team going through answers here and that one of them made a fuck-up.

nix23 5y ago
The logical explanation is: -There are no MS Employees there (but professional Call/Text Centers) -MS gives a *it about your opinion (as every big IT Company) -But MS wants you to feel that your part of the family (inclusive developers developers!!)
- thrower123 5y ago
  Microsoft has always had the likes of Accenture or HCL moderating their forums and feedback sites. You're better off shouting into the void than expecting to get anything useful out of those channels.
  - nix23 5y ago
    At least a void gives often a echo...Microsoft gives you Win 11...after telling you Win 10 is the last windows ever...also some kind of an echo from the past (same *ssholes as ever) ;)

thombles 5y ago

(author here) I like the thinking but I have never once seen a MSFT rep reply directly to a comment on Feedback Hub. Not once. You're lucky if the submission-level response makes sense. I don't think it explains this case.

dgellow 5y ago
I got a few personal responses for issues I reported. It’s not just automated ones.

teekert 5y ago

Hehe good call, “Never attribute to malice…”…