How Basecamp Blew Up

Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by t0mbstone on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:57PM (#27054137)

But isn't your restriction of my language and how I refer to the people I love pretty much the opposite of "inclusion"?

What if my wife would prefer if I referred to her as my "wife" instead of as a generic, faceless "partner"? By insisting that I refer to her as a genderless "partner", you are failing to respect her chosen pronoun.

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Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by joshuamorton on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:42AM (#27059556)

This is almost certainly for product or marketing materials, and not for you talking about your personal relationships. That is Okta should not talk about building a security tool for you and your wife to use, but instead for you and your partner to use.

Because I have no clue who your partner is (or really if you have one) so I shouldn't assume until I have that information. Note that the words in the example are all plural, presumably referring to multiple other peoples' partners.

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Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by t0mbstone on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:32PM (#27065719)

Oh, I see what you are saying. I can definitely get behind the use of gender neutral language in product and marketing materials. That part makes sense anyways.

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