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BBC Web Slip-Up Insults Facebook Fans

Posted by timothy on from the saddo-is-the-best-insult-ever dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has accidentally insulted its Facebook followers by revealing a version of a new website which wasn't yet ready for public consumption and in which it referred to its social media followers as 'saddos.' The same website also features a picture of the Queen, described as the Pakistan hockey team. File this one under 'a really bad day at the office' for one web developer."

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  1. For those who don't know European slang: by Kitkoan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Saddos: Brit slang a socially inadequate or pathetic person.

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  2. Re:Remember kids... by gaspyy · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's supposed to be boring. This way no one will start nitpicking the text and will concentrate on layout/design.

    At that stage of the work, text content doesn't matter. What matters is the font, color, size, placement and so on. You want the client to say "I like the font, maybe make it bigger by 1pt" rather than "you didn't capitalize properly."

  3. Re:All I can really say is... by Jaruzel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Know your history, it's 'We'...

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/401800.html

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  4. Re:All I can really say is... by Wovel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't need history. If the queen is an entire hockey team, We is obviously correct.