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> Dear app developers: stop naming your personal assistants after women. Stop thinking women’s jobs is to help you out. It’s not. > Stop writing copy like “Her
by nojvek 9y ago
> Dear app developers: stop naming your personal assistants after women. Stop thinking women’s jobs is to help you out. It’s not.
> Stop writing copy like “Here is everything you can do with Monica” and “I’ve created Monica to help these people”.
From a Monica I follow on twitter.
- shostack 9y agoInteresting to note that a scheduling assistant I've been testing (X.ai) offers both an Amy and an Andrew assistant. I've definitely made a conscious decision to use Andrew because of potential negative reactions to using Amy. It does make me wonder about the choice of Apple and Amazon to use female names.