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   Eaton (eaton@phire.place)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 11:57:35 JST Eaton

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   @benbloodworth @peterme I wonder how much the sentiment traces its way back to the oldschool bofh days, when “user" could be a term of derision for people who simply USED computers rather than configuring them, managing them, or coding. I remember 'luser’ being bandied about as a synonym.

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     Ben Bloodworth (benbloodworth@mstdn.party)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 11:57:36 JST Ben Bloodworth

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     Point being, the only people who find “user” to be condescending or dehumanizing are the types of people who make think-piece articles about it so they can declare themselves “thought leaders”.

     “User” literally means “one who is using”. To try to inject some drug dealer metaphor or god complex meaning into the use of the term is simply asinine.

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     Ben Bloodworth (benbloodworth@mstdn.party)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 11:57:37 JST Ben Bloodworth

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     I saw a Medium post once that boldly declared that this enlightened designer would be calling his product’s users “humans” from now on.

     I mean, if you want to sound like a space alien, more power to you.

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     Ben Bloodworth (benbloodworth@mstdn.party)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 11:57:38 JST Ben Bloodworth

     Really looking forward to the next thinkpiece that tells us (yet again) to stop calling people “users”.

     They’re always so brave and inspiring.

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