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Calling people ‘users’ is unethical and outdated

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  • K Kent Sharkey

    The Next Web[^]:

    I’ve worked in UX for the better part of a decade. From now on, I plan to remove the word “user” and any associated terms—like “UX” and “user experience”—from my vocabulary.

    I know, let's replace it with 'victim'

    :sigh:

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    Marc Clifton
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    I always thought the word "user" was a bit odd. "Users" to me were drug addicts. Oh, wait...

    Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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    • M Marc Clifton

      I always thought the word "user" was a bit odd. "Users" to me were drug addicts. Oh, wait...

      Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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      Mark_Wallace
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      If all you've got is lemons, make lemonade. If all you've got is junkies, give 'em junk.

      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      • D Dar Brett 0

        I find that point of view offensive!

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        TNCaver
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        :laugh:

        If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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        • F Forogar

          I had an (ex-)fellow developer complain that I wrote code referring to "master" and "slave" components!

          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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          irneb
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          It's on a PC ... right? You gotta have them social correct PC's! None of your gradfather's PC's. They didn't know what they were doing wrong. You should always have only peer-to-peer without any governing control! All PC's must be equal, only some of tem needs to be more equal than others.

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            It's on a PC ... right? You gotta have them social correct PC's! None of your gradfather's PC's. They didn't know what they were doing wrong. You should always have only peer-to-peer without any governing control! All PC's must be equal, only some of tem needs to be more equal than others.

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            Forogar
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            It's OK. I changed them to be "Mistress" and "Slave" and they never said another word about it!

            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            • F Forogar

              It's OK. I changed them to be "Mistress" and "Slave" and they never said another word about it!

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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              Yeah, but now it needs to be R-rated! At least it's less anti-PC than my first idea: Despot -> Minion.

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