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Seeing the discussion about this neologism as the first comment on the thread was disappointing. There were many important issues raised in the article. In a w

Seeing the discussion about this neologism as the first comment on the thread was disappointing. There were many important issues raised in the article. In a way, Stallman uses the word "used" because he is writing for a certain audience. For one, he is writing for himself, but also the vast majority of his audience are hackers. And these hackers are curious enough to read the strange language choice and think about what that might mean. One might be led to ask how impure and tilted the language around our relationship with these products is. If he really wanted to make an approachable article, this should be titled, "21 reasons why you should stop using Facebook". But Stallman isn't trying to please everyone, he is trying to please his audience (including himself).

stephenr 10y ago
> but also the vast majority of his audience are hackers. And these hackers are curious enough to read the strange language choice and think about what that might mean. The focus of this very comment thread is proof that isn’t the case. Plenty of us agree with the basic premise, but take issue at his entire approach to communicating with people, and thus don’t consider the article “good”. > If he really wanted to make an approachable article, this should be titled Or he could just write it like he’s expecting adults to read it, and drop the condescending and childish names he makes up for everything he disagrees with.