Microsoft slips up and highlights Windows 10 in a social media own goal

Microsoft Support operates an X/Twitter account called MicrosoftHelps to help users with problems, highlight features, and explain technical bits. Typically, Windows 11 takes center stage there, as Microsoft wants to showcase the current Windows generation and spread it further.

However, Microsoft Support recently focused on Windows 10 of all things. Although Microsoft wants to move away from this now-unsupported version of the operating system, many satisfied Windows 10 users remain loyal to it. And that’s much to the annoyance of Microsoft, who continues to aggressively promote Windows 11.

Here’s what happened: In a recent post , MicrosoftHelps wanted to highlight the Night Light feature of Windows, which adjusts the color temperature of the screen to reduce blue light. It’s beli