BBC Web Slip-Up Insults Facebook Fans

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BBC Web Slip-Up Insults Facebook Fans

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 4, 2010 @05:50PM 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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All I can really say is... by RoFLKOPTr · 2010-07-04 17:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

lol.
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Get over yourselves.
Just goes to show... by mrgiles · 2010-07-04 18:00 · Score: 4, Insightful

That the truth hurts.
Remember kids... by gaspyy · 2010-07-04 18:04 · Score: 5, Insightful

Always use "Lorem Ipsum" text when you're doing layout work and don't want to be concerned with actual content.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
1. Re:Remember kids... by RoFLKOPTr · 2010-07-04 18:06 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  But that's boring.
2. Re:Remember kids... by JWSmythe · 2010-07-04 18:32 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  I agree. If you need substantial content, like to fill what should be news story bodies, Lorem Ipsum is perfect.
  When I'm testing things, and I'm looking at functionality over volume of filler, I'll use some informative yet useless information. For example a news story may read "This is a test title" and "This is the test body". No harm, no foul, and when something gets left behind for the bosses (or general public) to see,it won't result in finding yourself unemployed.
  A lot of times, when I'm working on someone's web site, and they haven't given me content for say their front page, I'll just put "Put something warm and friendly here." Occasionally (very occasionally) I'll put something funny in, but not so much that it'd cost me a job. I worked at a place, way back in the beginning of the popularity of the Internet. The programmers for the billing system had an impossible to reach if statement which said something like "You'll never fucking see this." Well, after a while, it was seen. Customers were less than happy, and were more than happy to contact the CEO directly. Heads rolled on that one.
  I expect that my customers will look at my work in progress. I encourage it, so I can get their feedback as it goes. It's much better to find out they don't like something in the beginning, rather than when you've worked on the project for months and are complete. If they see "you should have stuff here about your company", that's much better than nothing at all. For the sake of filling the space, Lorem Ipsum is much better.
  
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  Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
3. Re:Remember kids... by Tim+C · 2010-07-04 18:35 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Indeed, and I have had more or less that reaction in the past - "Why is it all in Latin? I don't like that..."
  On the plus side if you use copy that is obviously placeholder, even at the most cursory of glances, it does make it less likely that it will be sent live by accident - and even if it is, there's no chance of actually offending anyone.
  
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  It's official. Most of you are morons.
4. Re:Remember kids... by gaspyy · 2010-07-04 19:12 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Well, that's the whole point.
  A client may be confused for a few seconds about "gibberish text" and then will ignore it, concentrating on things that actually matter.
  If you put in text, they'll start nitpicking on details that are irrelevant at that stage, like "it's 'M.D.', not 'MD'" or "you didn't capitalize properly" and so on.
5. Re:Remember kids... by justinlee37 · 2010-07-05 05:28 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Because when you're designing a layout for a website, you don't always know what you want it to say yet. Because writing the text of the website is not always the developer's job. Because when you're having a meeting to get approval from a client for a layout, you don't want to blow a lot of time writing and re-writing some text that can be changed later and has no relevance to the task at hand.
  Should I go on, or will you just admit that you're a moron and an ass and spare us both?
Re:For those who don't know European slang: by Ixitar · 2010-07-04 18:47 · Score: 3, Insightful

Which do you mean by Americans? North, Central or South?

I am a United States citizen and have lived on the other side of the world (Hong Kong specifically). I hope to be back there some day.
Re:For those who don't know European slang: by icannotthinkofaname · 2010-07-04 18:56 · Score: 2, Insightful

Parent post is "Flamebait" if and only if the moderators are American.
Stereotypes may be stupid, but they are generally based on some fact.

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Re:For those who don't know European slang: by TooMuchToDo · 2010-07-04 18:59 · Score: 1, Insightful

Don't be a chav
/American
//Loves the word "chav"
No pucks in field hockey by Frankie70 · 2010-07-04 19:54 · Score: 1, Insightful

I am sure her royal highness is the best hip checker in that team and if the Pakistan hockey team wants to win, pass it to the Queen who is so skilled she can shoot a puck past any goalie due to all the hockey practice she took in the UK to get ready to join the Pakistan hockey team to help them win.
Pakistan plays regular hockey (also called as field hockey) - there are no pucks in hockey.
Re:For those who don't know European slang: by russ_allegro · 2010-07-04 20:05 · Score: 3, Insightful

Well considering the only people who identify themselves as 'Americans' (Pronounced: A-mur-i-cans) are United States citizens, I'm going to take a wild guess that he's talking about United States citizens.
Except your wrong, I've talked with some Guatemalans who consider themselves Americans.
Re:For those who don't know European slang: by msuarezalvarez · 2010-07-04 21:03 · Score: 3, Insightful

That nation also claims various other titles, like "land of the free". That it insists on it does not make it true...
Re:For those who don't know European slang: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-04 21:06 · Score: 1, Insightful

Some might say that it's because you hold such a "stupidly large position" in the world that you ought to do a little more to educate yourselves about it. If you're going to play world police, you should be able to demonstrate you understand the cultures you're policing, otherwise you come across as nothing but a bigot and a bully on the world stage.
Re:It seems our parent nation England/UK by Malc · 2010-07-04 21:24 · Score: 2, Insightful

Oh that British Humor. If only Benny Hill had not passed away or Monty Python broken up they could have made even more practical jokes and even more BBC prototype beta web site designs to insult and offend more Facebook fans.
Oh how Americans misunderstand British humour! There's a reason why Benny Hill is better known in the US than the UK.
Re:similar experience by roman_mir · 2010-07-04 21:57 · Score: 4, Insightful

I think the much more embarrassing thing about that post is that the password was being logged all over in the code apparently in clear text.
Remind me never to hire that guy.

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You can't handle the truth.
Re:For those who don't know European slang: by drinkypoo · 2010-07-05 00:05 · Score: 1, Insightful

Certainly my peer group in Europe, who regularly move all over Europe and often to Asia or Africa, are much more active travelers than the same generation in the US.
We have Mexico which is highly unsafe to drive through to the south and Frozen Canada to the North. We can't just hop in a Land Rover or on a train and go to another country, at least not one which is worth visiting. Further, Americans have been holding the short end of the economic stick for some time now, so the modern americans have an excuse for not flying places.
The truly sad part is that you can see 2345902375 different cultures without leaving the USA but most people don't want to even admit anyone is different from them. We're Americans, damn it! Maricons, maybe.

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Re:For those who don't know European slang: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-05 00:10 · Score: 1, Insightful

Hey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29
Oh my god, America is so flat broke its GDP for 2009 is greater than the next 3 countries. Combined

the dollar is most probably going to lose the position of reserve currency
And replaced with what? The Euro? The Yuan? The Ruble?
If they replace it with an independent currency, then America isn't being beaten by any country. It's being pushed out by imaginary money backed up by nothing at all.

40 million Americans are on food stamps.

US Population = 300 million. ~13% on food stamps. The shock value of just throwing out large numbers means nothing until you can tell me exactly what % of other countries have their population on welfare.
Did you know 57 million people die every year? OH MY GOD. I ONLY KNOW LIKE 100 PEOPLE. EVERYONE I KNOW IS GOING TO DIE!!!!
Numbers without a proper background to put them in perspective is meaningless.
If America is economically in the gutter, I don't see exactly why every other nation in the world isn't in exactly the same place.
America remains king, if only of beggars.
Re:For those who don't know European slang: by SpeZek · 2010-07-05 02:29 · Score: 2, Insightful

Who modded this insightful?
Frozen Canada? Dangerous Mexico? No countries worth visiting? These are the sort of ignorant stereotypes that exemplify what the parent was saying.
Facebook=Bad; MMORPG=Good? by RobotRunAmok · 2010-07-05 02:45 · Score: 2, Insightful

It is kind of humorous to see the people whose online personae are buxom, wasp-waisted pointy-eared swashbucklers poke fun at the people whose online personae are pictures taken ten years ago when they had all their hair.
All's harmless, in moderation. To each, their fantasy.