3 ms·
"Freedom fighters" has a lot of negative connotations in many realms as well. It evokes images of rebels using violence to push some political agenda. Sometimes
by px43 3y ago
"Freedom fighters" has a lot of negative connotations in many realms as well. It evokes images of rebels using violence to push some political agenda. Sometimes for worthy causes, sometimes less so.
No, we're keeping the word "hacker".
- Groxx 3y agoWhile I agree with that image problem (I couldn't come up with any that didn't have it, and at least this one is descriptive)... I feel pretty confident claiming that "hackers" carries clearer and more consistent negative connotations to the general public (definitely not HN though).
- zgluck 3y agoI mean, we used to use the word "cracker" for this up until the late 90s. A hacker was someone who created something cool.