Definition of "fanboy"

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Post by rondevera » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 12:15 PM UTC

Re: Definition of "fanboy"

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Post by sudonim » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 1:07 PM UTC

This reminded me of the Laughing Squid article with a quote from @jeffrey about what a Hipster is: http://laughingsquid.com/whats-your-definition-of-a-hipster/ (slightly o/t)

Re: Definition of "fanboy"

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Post by neutronicus » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 1:11 PM UTC

When pg was soliciting ideas to improve HN, I toyed with the idea of suggesting that HN auto-censor and lock out for 5 minutes any comment containing "fanboy" or the infinitely more irritating "fanboi" in its text. I don't know if I've ever gotten anything out of reading a comment containing those words.

Re: Definition of "fanboy"

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 1:14 PM UTC

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Re: Definition of "fanboy"

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Post by mdemare » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 1:22 PM UTC

neutronicus wrote: post #3

When pg was soliciting ideas to improve HN, I toyed with the idea of suggesting that HN auto-censor and lock out for 5 minutes any comment containing "fanboy" or the infinitely more irritating "fanboi" in its text. I don't know if I've ever gotten anything out of reading a comment containing those words.

The problem is that this rule would have locked out you too.

Re: Definition of "fanboy"

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Post by tomaszkubacki » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 1:32 PM UTC

hmm in OS space Windows is most popular and linux cost $ 0 - then the only fanboy group is ...