Fox Footy Social Media blunder.

[jjsmitty8]

Why is everyone suggesting autocorrect as the culprit? You really think a big media organisation is scheduling posts from their iPhone?

And for those who think it was meant to be "tagger" and Fox are trying to save face, it was a direct quote from I believe Ricciuto who said he wanted him to be a "niggler" this weekend. FYI when I just went to type "niggler" then, it wanted to autocorrect to "boggled"

Mac computers have autocorrect too.

And not all devices autocorrect the same. I just typed in "niggler" and it wanted to change it to "nighter".

 

[Rotayjay]

Autocorrect has caused a lot more harm than good over the years. What's more likely to cause misunderstanding or embarrassment - a slightly misspelled word or the wrong bloody word?

 

[Bluelegs]

Autocorrect has caused a lot more harm than good over the years. What's more likely to cause misunderstanding or embarrassment - a slightly misspelled word or the wrong bloody word?

I don't think facebook autocorrects anything to 'fellow'

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

Why is everyone suggesting autocorrect as the culprit? You really think a big media organisation is scheduling posts from their iPhone?

And for those who think it was meant to be "tagger" and Fox are trying to save face, it was a direct quote from I believe Ricciuto who said he wanted him to be a "niggler" this weekend. FYI when I just went to type "niggler" then, it wanted to autocorrect to "boggled"

yes 'niggler' wouldn't have been in the dictionary so the writer would have expected a red line under the word so probably just ignored it when proof reading.

 

[midorigreenwood]

I'd say someone is up ship creek >_>

 

[gavaniacono]

Tagger. I reckon they've published it on an iPad or iPhone and autocorrect's kicked in #autocorrectfail

Correct weight.
Auto correct claims another promising career!

 

[DroopStDanny]

Hope not, innoccent mistake.

Would be a s**t world we live in if people get fired for typos.

Only one C in innocent. Your BigFooty posting priveleges have been terminated.

 

[Sando22]

Pretty ducked if you ask me!

 

[ABSOLUTE MADMAN]

Youre seriously citing urbandictionary as a legitimate source? Anyways Its probably foxfooty trying to replicate the PR that happened when CNN tweeted "n*gger navy" by accident.

Do you have to be in the bay for pisstaking to be recognised these days?

 

[HBF]

Huddo's reaction when he read the tweet

I watched this 5 minutes ago and cannot stop laughing......

 

[FrankDrebin]

A quick look at the headline and the picture, it reads to me like Don Pyke has given Sloaney the all-clear to "Black up" for this weeks game!

 

[Scotland]

Whose autocorrect corrects a word to n*gger?

I know my phone (Galaxy S7) is forever being a 'shut can't' changing what I type, but I'm yet to have it suggest profanity or racial slurs.

 

[Crow_Magnon]

Only one C in innocent. Your BigFooty posting priveleges have been terminated.

Correcting someone else's spelling then misspelling privileges???

 

[Donakebab]

 

[DroopStDanny]

Correcting someone else's spelling then misspelling privileges???

Yeah, how ironick.

 

[DemonTim]

Surely people aren't stupid enough to not realise they just missed a letter when typing, yeah?

 

[brucetiki]

Whose autocorrect corrects a word to n*gger?

I know my phone (Galaxy S7) is forever being a 'shut can't' changing what I type, but I'm yet to have it suggest profanity or racial slurs.

News Corp's does

 

[Scotland]

News Corp's does

LOL. Can just imagine their talking paperclip.

Indigen- Did you mean Abo?
Musl- Did you mean terrorist?

 

[sataris]

LOL. Can just imagine their talking paperclip.

Indigen- Did you mean Abo?
Musl- Did you mean terrorist?

It looks like you're trying to divide a community, would you like some help with that?

 

[Brutalitops]

Whose autocorrect corrects a word to n*gger?

I know my phone (Galaxy S7) is forever being a 'shut can't' changing what I type, but I'm yet to have it suggest profanity or racial slurs.

Still works if you're from New Zealand.

 

[skill1414]

nagger?

 

[TheEnsign]

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Oh God, so good.

 

[NoobPie]

News Corp's does

Well, if autocorrect was the culprit then certainly You'd have to assume that the n word has had a run on whatever device made the tweet

 

[Tatts22]

Whose autocorrect corrects a word to n*gger?

I know my phone (Galaxy S7) is forever being a 'shut can't' changing what I type, but I'm yet to have it suggest profanity or racial slurs.

Probably not auto correct

I'd expect they just made a typo when trying to type "niggler" and didn't proof read it.

 

[Carlos Danger]

Surely people aren't stupid enough to not realise they just missed a letter when typing, yeah?

Apparently. Was a line from either David king or nick dalsanto surprised someone hasn't gone and found the clip. The tweet is based off what happened in the show.

It's definitely not autocorrect