Designer News
Where the design community meets.
over 5 years ago from Gary Simon, Owner
To me, the user's intent is the only thing that truly matters.
Would you say the same thing about the n word? I don't think the user gets to decide whether it's acceptable or not, but the people that that term marginalises...
George Carlin has a little skit about this exact issue that I agree with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUvdXxhLPa8
You're not the user in this situation
Designer News
Where the design community meets.
Designer News is a large, global community of people working or interested in design and technology.
Have feedback?
Would I be willing to in the future? Yeah, I don't see why not. But I'm not going to change the title here, because based on the given context at the point in time that I posted this, it was meant to be gender neutral. To me, the user's intent is the only thing that truly matters.