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Remember Neowin? The Microsoft discussion forum where Shane posted a disgusting message about a teenage girl which he insisted last week was a "joke"?
One thing that puzzled me is why Shane stopped posting on Neowin. All of his posts I've been able to find from him on there are a decade or more old. What the fuck happened? It seems to me what is basically a Microsoft fan forum would be the PERFECT place for Shane to post, since he could pull out the "I work for Microsoft" card on a daily basis and get people falling over themselves to praise him and beg him for special insights.
It turns out Shane was BANNED FROM NEOWIN by the editor of the site (this goes all the way to the top!) and this pissed Shane off so much that he was still seething about it years later, all the way in 2020.
Now you may wonder why a Microsoft superstar employee like Shane was banned from a Microsoft discussion forum.
What on EARTH could be the reason?

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"he used to deny I even worked at Microsoft and banned for me "impersonating" Microsoft staff several times."
"banned for me "impersonating" Microsoft staff several times."
One thing that puzzled me is why Shane stopped posting on Neowin. All of his posts I've been able to find from him on there are a decade or more old. What the fuck happened? It seems to me what is basically a Microsoft fan forum would be the PERFECT place for Shane to post, since he could pull out the "I work for Microsoft" card on a daily basis and get people falling over themselves to praise him and beg him for special insights.
It turns out Shane was BANNED FROM NEOWIN by the editor of the site (this goes all the way to the top!) and this pissed Shane off so much that he was still seething about it years later, all the way in 2020.
Now you may wonder why a Microsoft superstar employee like Shane was banned from a Microsoft discussion forum.
What on EARTH could be the reason?

Twitter | Archive
"he used to deny I even worked at Microsoft and banned for me "impersonating" Microsoft staff several times."
"banned for me "impersonating" Microsoft staff several times."
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