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As an English speaker I don't gender my speech about myself. But to use some emoji (e.g. facepalming) I must gender that speech, and therefore myself. I'd pref
by mLuby 5y ago
As an English speaker I don't gender my speech about myself.
But to use some emoji (e.g. facepalming) I must gender that speech, and therefore myself. I'd prefer not to have to do this, especially to relative strangers on the Internet, so I appreciate that "person-facepalming" is becoming available on more platforms.
It'd be nice if the gendered variants were collapsed a bit (like the skin color variants) to reduce clutter.
- yeahr4579 5y agoI don’t use emojis much but if you use Discord they have male, female and “person”! I always use person because I feel weird specifically selecting what gender I am. Feels like I’m making a “big” deal out of nothing I guess
- andai 5y agoIf your goal is anonymity, it's worth nothing that you are revealing more bits of information about yourself by using the person-facepalming variant than one of the gendered ones.
- lolsal 5y agoWhat makes you think this is about anonymity? I would guess it's more about the author's identity and being represented in technological evolutions since we absolutely have the technology these days.
- mLuby 5y agoIs that because it's more unusual, like being very anonymous in a little pond? Or maybe you mean something else.
- globular-toast 5y agoIt's more conspicuous, yes. If you want to be more anonymous online, I would assume a male persona.