@JoeGrowling Right. But that's like addressing a group of individuals of mixed gender "guys". Everyone (?) understands this, but some do feel left out.
@stefan obviously, but over-thinking politically correct language and stretching it into irrelevant minutiae of technical language undermines the more important issues, makes the whole idea of inclusive language appear less serious.
At the same time, maybe if we could get the little things right, maybe it would help folks get used to the idea of inclusivity and build a better foundation to tackle the bigger stuff?
@JoeGrowling I don't know. Just a thought. I personally don't care enough when people say "Mastodon" when they actually mean "fediverse", certainly not enough to "correct" people.
But sometimes I do wonder about folks who use other platforms, often pre-dating Mastodon itself. I can see how that might get a bit annoying, I guess.
"a usually mocking or critical tweet that alludes to another Twitter user without including a link to the user's account and often without directly mentioning the user's name"
@mcmullin Yeah, I don't really mind it too much, personally, but I'd like to see us move away from Mastodon-centric language. Including using hashtags like "bookstodon" etc.
You know, to make sure folks who use other platforms don't feel excluded.
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