FB users buying Oculus VR headsets to get customer service prioritization

Post by fauigerzigerk » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 9:48 AM UTC

ChrisKnott wrote: post #247

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #225

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Good for you. Someone dear to me finds it extremely hurtful, which is why I commented. Also, I think the Kevin meme originally came from a comedy. The connotations aren't quite as nasty and serious as the Karen ones. But there are definitely other very negative name memes. I don't like any of it, but I fully accept that people can feel differently about it.

I actually agree, I wouldn't use it to describe someone, I thought it was OK to reference the meme in the abstract.

Post by hippari » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 9:55 AM UTC

jimrandomh wrote: post #88

There's a bit of a story behind this. Oculus is owned by Facebook, but the Facebook website and the Oculus headsets/software are by different teams working in different states. When Facebook bought Oculus, they decided to get rid of the Oculus-specific account system and use only Facebook accounts. The Facebook account requirement took effect with the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, which launched in October 2020. Octo…

Post by fauigerzigerk » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 9:58 AM UTC

BoxOfRain wrote: post #250

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #203

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Please stop using a very common name as a derogative! It's insulting to the women who have that name. Also, as you noticed, there is no male version of it. It's a decidedly sexist meme that shouldn't be promoted.

Oh hardly, using a sterotypical name is a very common comedic device. Tarquin and Julian are out-of-touch upper class people who probably go on illegal fox hunts, Karen gets unreasonably angry over petty things at low-level customer service people who can't argue back, Doris insists on driving at 25 mph in a 60 while her husband Bernard shouts at passing children for sport. Kevin is roughly the male equivalent of Kar…

Post by alibarber » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 10:17 AM UTC

Griffinsauce wrote: post #206

mcblirple wrote: post #147

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You ain’t kidding. Getting interviewed by an Oculus computer graphics software person who had never touched SSH in his life was quite an experience coming in as a potential production engineer circa 2015. And, on top of it, he was quite rude about it and held me responsible for not understanding anything I was saying even though he was basically interviewing a lumberjack or a fireman from his perspective, anything bu…

> computer graphics software person who had never touched SSH in his life I'm not near this kind of graphics but would you ever need SSH for that job? It seems unrelated.

Post by rossmohax » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 10:43 AM UTC

franga2000 wrote: post #210

bigyikes wrote: post #89

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I hate FB and Google, but I don’t buy this argument. It doesn’t pass the duck test for me — doesn’t look or quack like a utility in my view. I am sympathetic to the argument though. Getting locked out of your existing Gmail account could be really disastrous. Maybe there should be regulation for email extrication — if you’re going to ban me, you better allow me to update all of my accounts to not use your email servi…

Email absolutely should be a utility and allow you to transfer your email address between providers just like you can your phone number. I understand the technical challenges associated with that due to how DNS and the email protocols work, but I don't particularly care. There should also be a legally required minimal level of customer support for email account issues - if I can't get access to my email for over a we…