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That is my point. They can decide how they use language in their own documentation and communication, they can't decide how everyone else uses it. So they they
by goto11 6y ago
That is my point. They can decide how they use language in their own documentation and communication, they can't decide how everyone else uses it. So they they can't change that people use black or white to refer to skin color, as the comment suggested.
- Arch-TK 6y agoActually given their extreme reach and near monopoly over information they could probably try to change how people use black and white to refer to skin color which would certainly be a far more noble cause than bikeshedding these weird internal language standards to make themselves look good.
- goto11 6y agoI don't find it particularly noble. When it comes to human communication I believe in Postels law: Be strict in what you send, be lenient in what you accept. You suggest there is no point in changing your own communication if you cant force the whole to change in the same way. I disagree.