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It’s time to retire the term “user” (archive.today)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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because we shouldn't be humanizing AI while depersonalizing the actual people who use stuff, according to MIT Technology Review.

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[–] givesomefucks 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

UXers

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

why use more char when few char do trick

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Exact same number of characters (5), and "UXers" requires pressing the shift key while "users" doesn't. So it's a fail from the typing efficiency point of view.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think they mean UX, as in user experience. So, a UXer is someone who works in that field.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

UXers aren’t users. I’m talking about the designers