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   Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 01:10:22 JST Anil Dash

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   • Ian Betteridge

   @ianbetteridge it’s gotten a pejorative implication of late, though you’re bot factually incorrect.

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     Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 01:10:24 JST Ian Betteridge

     Pet peeve: phrases like "citizen journalists", "citizen scientists", etc. Professional journalists and scientists are also citizens, kids. Why not just call them "amateur"? It's a perfectly good word. And there is nothing wrong with being an amateur at something.