Suggest talking about "people" rather than "users" #40
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csarven
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Related: w3c/AB-public#211 |
martinthomson
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| @@ -127,3 +127,6 @@ See also: | |||
| * Avoid racist metaphors, | |||
| including anything that might be interpreted as a reference to skin colors | |||
| or allusions to racialized historical events. | |||
| * Talk about "people" rather than "users" when that's unambiguous. | |||
| When talking about the people using a particular system or program, | |||
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I don't feel strongly about this, but I included both because I feel like people don't necessarily understand "Chrome" or "curl" as a "system". They certainly are, and maybe we can expect the TAG (this document's target audience) to understand that, but it still feels clearer to mention both.
If, having considered this, you still prefer just "system", I'm happy with accepting this tweak.
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I prefer using fewer words where that is sufficient, but this was a very minor point.
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This is a guideline we tried to follow in the Privacy Principles, and I think it's worth elevating to the style guide. You can't always follow it--sometimes you need to distinguish the people who are authors from the people who are end-users--but it's worth striving for.