Microsoft Appears to Have Given Up Banning the “Microslop” Term

Microsoft has been notorious for adding Copilot across Windows 11, which has made users increasingly frustrated. They have become so frustrated that they even came up with a term for it, “Microslop.” However, in March, Reddit users claimed that Microsoft was banning the term “Microslop” in its official Copilot Discord server. Later, it was found that Microsoft was also banning the term from Xbox PC app reviews in the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft, in fact, responded to those claims and said that the “Microslop” term was not banned in Microsoft Store reviews. The company later explained that the filter was part of a temporary response to a spam attack. Apparently, the server had been flooded with repetitive and irrelevant messages. Moderators therefore added temporary keyword filters while stronger protections were being rolled out.

Microsoft has reportedly stopped banning the term “Microslop” from its official Discover server

Windows Latest, which first spotted the aforementioned claims on Reddit, now reports that the official Copilot Discord server no longer appears to block “Microslop.” According to the news outlet, a quick search returned at least 200 mentions of the term in the official server. At the time of writing, there is no explanation for why Microsoft has stopped blocking the term.

If you are wondering whether Microsoft is doing enough to address the “Microslop” backlash, well, it seems so. Microsoft said in March that it wanted to be more deliberate about Copilot’s use across Windows. As part of the change, the company wanted to remove unnecessary entry points across its apps. Microsoft later followed that announcement with actual changes across Windows 11.

For example, the company removed Copilot from Snipping Tool and Photos. Meanwhile, Notepad replaced the Copilot icons with a Writing Tools label. Recently, the company also temporarily removed the Ask Copilot button from the Windows 11 Taskbar.

So, while Microsoft hasn’t exactly abandoned Copilot across Windows 11, it appears to be taking a more cautious approach. The company seems more selective about where Copilot appears across Windows and its apps. That might explain why “Microslop” does not feel quite as relevant as it did earlier this year.