Google asks public to name new Android OS with 'n-word'; It doesn't go well
Amy Tennery, REUTERS
First posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 04:45 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 05:07 PM EDT
Google's Android ran afoul of social media users on Wednesday after encouraging people to nominate a word starting with the letter "N" for the latest version of its mobile operating platform.
An Android website asked for submissions for "any tasty ideas that start with the letter "N" for its new "Android N" operating platform, which was unveiled at its Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday.
he backlash ranged from gentle ribbing to invocations of the term "the n-word," which is frequently used as a stand-in for an offensive racial slur.
"Google please do not ask the internet to send you n-words," tweeted Jon Hendren (@fart) a so-called "DevOps thought leader."
A representative for Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., declined to comment.
"Android Nope #NameAndroidN," tweeted Schrodinger Cait (@stimpyjaycat).
"I think it's obvious how #nameandroidn can go terribly wrong lol," tweeted Tøm (@skullisnull).
Gizmodo reported on Wednesday that the online anonymous message board 4chan was flooding the Android's name submission site with suggestions akin to an offensive epithet for black people.
Some social media users suggested "nachos," "Nutella" and "nectarine."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1IocBl_5UM
Google asks public to name new Android OS with 'n-word'; It doesn't go well | Ne
Amy Tennery, REUTERS
First posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 04:45 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 05:07 PM EDT
Google's Android ran afoul of social media users on Wednesday after encouraging people to nominate a word starting with the letter "N" for the latest version of its mobile operating platform.
An Android website asked for submissions for "any tasty ideas that start with the letter "N" for its new "Android N" operating platform, which was unveiled at its Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday.
he backlash ranged from gentle ribbing to invocations of the term "the n-word," which is frequently used as a stand-in for an offensive racial slur.
"Google please do not ask the internet to send you n-words," tweeted Jon Hendren (@fart) a so-called "DevOps thought leader."
A representative for Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., declined to comment.
"Android Nope #NameAndroidN," tweeted Schrodinger Cait (@stimpyjaycat).
"I think it's obvious how #nameandroidn can go terribly wrong lol," tweeted Tøm (@skullisnull).
Gizmodo reported on Wednesday that the online anonymous message board 4chan was flooding the Android's name submission site with suggestions akin to an offensive epithet for black people.
Some social media users suggested "nachos," "Nutella" and "nectarine."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1IocBl_5UM
Google asks public to name new Android OS with 'n-word'; It doesn't go well | Ne
