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You could call them "clickovers".

by userbinator 5mo ago

rvz 5mo ago
"popups" or "popovers" is just fine. Both of them are shorter than the "dickovers" or "clickovers" nonsense.
- defrost 5mo ago
  dickovers are a subset of popups, they are not interchangeable terms. The derogatory term is for practices that rightfully deserve contempt.
  - rvz 5mo ago
    The problem with that is it cannot be used towards people outside of this tech bubble and would just confuse them. It would even fail many profanity filters in chats and forums. > The derogatory term is for practices that rightfully deserve contempt. But it doesn't mean that you should expect the layman to use it in common parlance. Either "Unwanted popup / popover" and even "popup" / "popover" is a far sensible descriptive alternative for the layman than whatever the author is proposing.
    - defrost 5mo ago
      > The problem with that is it cannot be used towards people outside of this tech bubble and would just confuse them. Doubtful ... where did that odd notion spring from? > It would even fail many profanity filters in chats and forums. Perhaps in LDS or uber Christian pearl clutching circles, it's absolutely milquetoast in UK / AU Commonwealth English cultures. eg: UK public broadcast TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbSqdSKaXTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbSqdSKaXTw > But it doesn't mean that you should expect the layman to use it in common parlance. I'm pretty sure that horse bolted long ago.
      - rvz 5mo ago
        > Doubtful ... where did that odd notion spring from? Searching "Dickover" all over the internet and other than Mastodon (which is heavily used by techies), and the author's blog, it is only being mentioned by techies here. So of course, you can't ever admit you are in a tech bubble. > Perhaps in LDS or uber Christian pearl clutching circles, it's absolutely milquetoast in UK / AU Commonwealth English cultures. Nope. Any platform that has basic censorship tools in chats. Just search "Twitch, YouTube" profanity filter(s). Even basic filters flags it as profanity here: [0] [1]. > I'm pretty sure that horse bolted long ago. I'm pretty sure you clearly do not know that. [0] https://app.readable.com/text/profanity/ https://app.readable.com/text/profanity/ [1] https://sapling.ai/utilities/profanity https://sapling.ai/utilities/profanity

You could call them "clickovers".

rvz 5mo ago

"popups" or "popovers" is just fine. Both of them are shorter than the "dickovers" or "clickovers" nonsense.

defrost 5mo ago
dickovers are a subset of popups, they are not interchangeable terms. The derogatory term is for practices that rightfully deserve contempt.
- rvz 5mo ago
  The problem with that is it cannot be used towards people outside of this tech bubble and would just confuse them. It would even fail many profanity filters in chats and forums. > The derogatory term is for practices that rightfully deserve contempt. But it doesn't mean that you should expect the layman to use it in common parlance. Either "Unwanted popup / popover" and even "popup" / "popover" is a far sensible descriptive alternative for the layman than whatever the author is proposing.
  - defrost 5mo ago
    > The problem with that is it cannot be used towards people outside of this tech bubble and would just confuse them. Doubtful ... where did that odd notion spring from? > It would even fail many profanity filters in chats and forums. Perhaps in LDS or uber Christian pearl clutching circles, it's absolutely milquetoast in UK / AU Commonwealth English cultures. eg: UK public broadcast TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbSqdSKaXTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbSqdSKaXTw > But it doesn't mean that you should expect the layman to use it in common parlance. I'm pretty sure that horse bolted long ago.
    - rvz 5mo ago
      > Doubtful ... where did that odd notion spring from? Searching "Dickover" all over the internet and other than Mastodon (which is heavily used by techies), and the author's blog, it is only being mentioned by techies here. So of course, you can't ever admit you are in a tech bubble. > Perhaps in LDS or uber Christian pearl clutching circles, it's absolutely milquetoast in UK / AU Commonwealth English cultures. Nope. Any platform that has basic censorship tools in chats. Just search "Twitch, YouTube" profanity filter(s). Even basic filters flags it as profanity here: [0] [1]. > I'm pretty sure that horse bolted long ago. I'm pretty sure you clearly do not know that. [0] https://app.readable.com/text/profanity/ https://app.readable.com/text/profanity/ [1] https://sapling.ai/utilities/profanity https://sapling.ai/utilities/profanity