Tech recommendations can reveal more about us than we know ourselves - but how and why does this happen?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1386796

Archived version: https://archive.ph/F9saW
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  • DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’ve noticed that “gay” is used as a more general term for members of the LGBTQ+ community, similar to how “guys” has a pretty common gender-neutral usage

    EDIT: tweaked the wording a bit

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      “Guys” hasn’t actually been accepted as gender neutral for a number of years, due to its implicit anti-feminist bias (you’ll fit in if you act like us men).

      I struggle with not using it constantly, as it was the go-to gender neutral term for my generation.

      • DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Thanks for the correction! I still hear that usage fairly often and wasn’t up with the discourse around it. Like the other reply I’m also more partial to “folks” personally (as well as “y’all”), but I think I still use “guys” out of habit on occasion