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I mean, yes, but also that ship has sailed. You can't force language upon people, this is going to be how people refer to it, similar to the media's hacker and
by Aachen 5y ago
I mean, yes, but also that ship has sailed. You can't force language upon people, this is going to be how people refer to it, similar to the media's hacker and what a hacker means in the field.
- Findecanor 5y agoYou can not choose which language people use when talking to you, but you can set a good example yourself. "Crypto" being an abbreviation will still only mean "cryptoasset" in some contexts, and retain other meanings in other contexts.
- tokai 5y agoThoughtless IsNot comments on every crypto post is definitely not setting a good example.
- acdha 5y agoMarketing people try to redefine terms all of the time. That doesn’t mean the rest of us should help them, especially when it’s being done to defraud buyers. During the mortgage bubble, realtors and bankers tried to redefine common terms, too, but that didn’t stick past it popping.