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That's very silly. The times are ready for a new job title: software product namer, to make sure a name won't offend anyone or violate trademarks and store guid
by paozac 6y ago
That's very silly. The times are ready for a new job title: software product namer, to make sure a name won't offend anyone or violate trademarks and store guidelines.
- happytoexplain 6y agoAvoiding offense while choosing product names is already a well developed and ubiquitous task, and has been for a very long time. It's a reasonable thing to want to do. But I understand the point you're trying to make.
- mhh__ 6y agoHonestly the real enemy (if people are genuinely offended I tend to side with them) is people being offended on behalf of other people.
- rxhernandez 6y agoThis kind of crap has been around long before people started caring about how marginalized people feel. Look no further than obscenity laws which have been in place a lot longer than this wave of empathy.
- happytoexplain 6y agoIn most cases where a group-defining parameter is simple, it's best to avoid classifying them as "the enemy".
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoIt may be a little nastier than that. In some cases, they're selective about which groups will and will not be sheltered from offense. And they may refuse to admit that, let alone engage in a public, civil debate about their choices.
- pydry 6y agoYou're assuming that this is actually the reason. It smells to me like the real reason they kicked it off the platform has fuck all to do with the name, but feigning "wokeness" serves as a decent cover for a variety of evils.
- Swenrekcah 6y agoNot advocating drug use has exactly nothing to do with wokeness.
- reaperducer 6y agoThe times are ready for a new job title: software product namer, to make sure a name won't offend anyone or violate trademarks and store guidelines This profession already exists, and has for at least a century. Where do you think the name "Exxon" came from?