Terry, I'm a volunteer so I'll start off by saying this isn't an official response. You're right, the play on the F*bomb is definitely there. But it doesn't have to be. It's also a play on Firefox. It's also just as removed as "G" rated plays on swear works - heck, darn, geez, gosh - you say them when you would swear, but they're ok because they're not swear words. Fox isn't a swear word.
Also, it's impossible to please ALL of the users. If we changed the campaign now then we'd get a backlash from users who oppose censorship. You don't mention where you found these posts though so it will be very hard for people who do have responsibility on this to judge whether or not they need to respond to this. - Majken "Kensie" Connor On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:04 AM, <f1...@pobox.com> wrote: > Maybe Mozilla should look a little closer at pages shoved into the faces > of their users. There have been comments regarding the Subject words > alluding to offensive language. I thought I'd post them here as users have > no place to communicate to Mozilla. > > "I was most disappointed to see that you now emblazon your search engine > page with the slogan "Fox Yeah" - obviously based on a particularly foul > expression. I'm no prude, but there is a time and a place for that sort of > thing and 24/7 on a platform constantly accessed by children is not it. > Would you be happy I wonder if guests at your house started to use or > allude to filthy language? > > Result: I will be using another browser from now on." > > > "Ok guys, > You think its cool to play off of F—, yeah. It’s not. It’s gratuitous. > It’s lame. It’s bad taste. Firefox is too cool of a browser to need such > bottom feeding marketing." > > > "Hello there. I was a bit shocked when I opened up Firefox yesterday and > saw the words "Fox Yeah". The way it is worded is very offensive. It > appears as if you are trying to insinuate profanity. Please refrain from > using those types of over the line techniques." > > > Does Mozilla not want to care about ALL of their users? > > > Terry > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
