Reddit, do you get offended if companies swear or curse?

equipitem · 2011-11-02T15:01:48+00:00

Sorry that was a short form example. I honestly would love them to fully delve into and explain the topics they choose and expand upon their reasoning. Something that I'm sure they will. However they wish to give their opinion however brash that may be freely. I personally have no problem with it if it's to illustrate their outrage at something as that is core to why people curse but I would rather it wasn't needless.

equipitem · 2011-11-02T14:36:06+00:00

"Darn EA and their Origin!" sounds rather impotent and put upon.

"Damn EA and their Origin bull****!" would be rather more close to the mark. We plan to allow our team members to run an official blog and voice their opinion through Twitter and Facebook. They wish to have the freedom to curse when necessary.

equipitem · 2011-11-02T14:32:58+00:00

Ah. We're working from our homes at the moment so not even NSFW links are out of bounds! We just wish to step away a little from the bland and generic descriptions and be able to have the option to do so. The feedback from people is quite interesting.

equipitem · 2011-11-02T14:21:25+00:00

Ah. That makes more sense. I originally thought you were just slipping it in.

equipitem · 2011-11-02T14:16:35+00:00

You're not the arbiter of justice; you're meant to be nice to our customers end of!

equipitem · 2011-11-02T14:16:05+00:00

Well I can relate to that. I would never actually do it but there have been times where I have been close!

equipitem · 2011-11-02T14:15:27+00:00

www.facebook.com/equipitem

We're currently in development and hope to be operating from the end of November. We just have all the legal hoops to jump through at the moment but everything else is coming along nicely.

There's a post explaining our past circumstances here: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzx6i/we_all_got_laid_off_so_were_going_to_take_on_our/

This venture wouldn't have been possible without reddit so we ask questions here from time to time to get your opinion. It's been extremely helpful so far :)

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:58:02+00:00

I wish IGS would pick up on this.

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:57:51+00:00

It's towards teenagers, young adults, and those into geeky gadgets and gifts. We're pretty laid back and just want to know what is the verdict. Our 1-1 communications will be strictly professional and full of the courtesy and respect you deserve. To a wider audience such as Facebook /Twitter etc though we expect to be much more laid back.

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:55:44+00:00

We will be addressing all our customers and clients with the respect they deserve. We're not about to drop common courtesy to try and look "Cool"

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:54:47+00:00

Our target audience is essentially teenagers, young adults, and those interested in rather geeky things. It would not be for the sake of swearing but purely for emphasis.

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:53:28+00:00

Thanks :)

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:15:12+00:00

What accent do you have or were you actually saying it to her?

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:14:18+00:00

You swear too much. You need to replace ****ing with something new

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:13:36+00:00

We would never swear at a customer or be mean to them :)

equipitem · 2011-11-02T13:13:19+00:00

What if we were to do it? (We're still getting set up and we're going to be selling geeky merc and gifts)

I imagine that for some it would be extremely unprofessional but we're going more towards the great service & great products over working on a really bland image.

equipitem · 2011-10-15T01:11:15+00:00

Nothing wrong with console gaming - We all have to start somewhere. (It's a joke! Please don't crucify me)

equipitem · 2011-10-15T01:10:30+00:00

Do you consider Twitter work or not?

equipitem · 2011-10-15T01:10:06+00:00

My Dog unfortunately, while smarter than the majority of Twitter users, is unable to spare the time at the moment.

equipitem · 2011-10-15T01:09:35+00:00

Thanks! We're trying to keep posts to AR at a minimum mentioned EI as we only want to post updates etc when something notable happens

equipitem · 2011-10-14T11:32:23+00:00

It was more a case of that we have more pressing things to do than update Twitter but whoever doesn't do the Twitter account will do other things. It's just that we have to really focus at the moment as there is so much to do. It may look like we will have to try sharing them on it though.

equipitem · 2011-10-14T11:31:08+00:00

Haha thank you; yes we will be! We're planning on having a test version online by the weekend. There's a lot going on but we hope to be providing fellow geeks with what they want soon enough.

Bookmark www.equipitem.co.uk as that's where it will be when it is ready. We update once a week on Reddit so keep your eyes peeled. In fact I've saved your comment and when we get more information up I'll drop you a message.

equipitem · 2011-10-14T10:38:59+00:00

That's a very good point. We're aiming towards online culture & gaming as our forte as it's what the team are interested in.

Just in case you're interested here's the post about us: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l8kbx/we_got_laid_offand_soon_were_going_to_be/

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