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> Why does this seem so dystopian? I’m trying to figure out why this rubs me wrong. For me it is being reduced to "Sasha (Software Developer)", she does not se
by _visgean 4y ago
> Why does this seem so dystopian? I’m trying to figure out why this rubs me wrong.
For me it is being reduced to "Sasha (Software Developer)", she does not seem quite like me and I dont like to be categorized like that..
I understand why this is useful to gitlab, but from the external point of view it seems strange to be talked about in this way. Its almost as seeing the internal discussion of how to target you with ads.
But at the end of the day pretty much standard practise and is nothing more than an elaborate answer to "who uses our products and why." So kudos to gitlab to being open about it.
- kube-system 4y agoI don’t understand why people are taking these so personally. The point of them is to be an example of someone. They are characters, in a story.
- vintermann 4y agoBecause they are stereotypes. And we all have negative experiences being stereotyped, because inevitably very few people fit the stereotype on all points.
- kube-system 4y agoNo, user personas have names because they represent an individual. Not all software developers are Sasha, but Sasha is Sasha.
- naijaboiler 4y agoNobody fits stereotypes on all fronts. Nobody is perfectly average, but that's not the point of personas.