downendcity Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Facebook has apologised for removing posts that named part of a city it deemed to contain an offensive word. Plymouth Hoe is a historic part of the Devon city's seafront but the social media platform wrongly identified it as an offensive term. Facebook users have recently had posts taken down for breaching bullying rules after innocently using the place name. The company said it "will take steps to rectify the error". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 That’s not the Plymouth hoe that I remember. This one had a twin sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, RedLionLad said: That’s not the Plymouth hoe that I remember. This one had a twin sister. Not the Belgrano sisters?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogue malone Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 9 hours ago, RedLionLad said: That’s not the Plymouth hoe that I remember. This one had a twin sister. Plymouth has a place named Pennycomequick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwhitepurple Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Why is anyone still on Facebook? Such a nasty company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pommers1965 Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Scunthorpe must be next then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Med/MadHatter said: Not the Belgrano sisters?! Didn’t the Belgrano go down in the Falklands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince1994 Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Living in Plmouth I still chuckle at the 'Hoe Foreshore' sign which sounds like a questionable hip-hop lyric when said quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted January 28, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 12 hours ago, downendcity said: Facebook has apologised for removing posts that named part of a city it deemed to contain an offensive word. Plymouth Hoe is a historic part of the Devon city's seafront but the social media platform wrongly identified it as an offensive term. Facebook users have recently had posts taken down for breaching bullying rules after innocently using the place name. The company said it "will take steps to rectify the error". The spelling might be a clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 hours ago, redsince1994 said: Living in Plmouth I still chuckle at the 'Hoe Foreshore' sign which sounds like a questionable hip-hop lyric when said quickly You remember the one at Roborough before they changed them all? Someone had scraped off the `very` from `Plymouth, Spirit Of Discovery` so it read for years `Plymouth, Spirit Of Disco`. Made me chuckle every time I went past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 15 hours ago, Southport Red said: Didn’t the Belgrano go down in the Falklands? Yes it did.The Belgrano Sisters were two girls with west country accents on Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere who were "quick to go down" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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