you're criticising how human language works, not a "status quo" of any industry tho
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I’m pointing out the importance of language. The words we use matter. See Chomsky/critical media theory.
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no, i totally understand that. I'm a historical linguist myself.
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So my point is that designing for “users” is a colonial approach. It creates “the other” and makes it easier to exploit them.
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You know what's even worse? Calling people "resources" unironically!
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my gov' once sponsored a country-wide citizen email system called "E-Habitant" ... you can imagine how long that lasted.
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"I have reservations about capitalism" "Let me tell you about the system we are in. It's called 'capitalism'". Every time.
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@heydonworks Classical cases of "Well actually…" -_-Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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do they expect you to roll over lay down? What you're proposing is to break the rules, again and again. Is there a better way?
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[ and again, to assert: i totally am on your "dehumanising in unethical" side here ]
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*is
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