Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words”
by woojoo666 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @08:42PM
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> As it turns out, a lot of people choose to be inclusive and non-inflammatory.
I think you are making the implicit assumption here that there is a single path towards "inclusive" and "non-inflammatory". But that's not always the case. For example, some people prefer the term GSRM (Gender-Sexual-Romantic Minority [1]) in favor of LGBT because they see it as more inclusive. Others see it as problematic [2]. Should Google Docs push one term over the other? Or just not make a stance? But how do they choose when to make a stance? Because once they do start making a stance, it has massive influence over the public. And that's the real issue; these features allow companies to have greater and greater influence and power over the public discourse.
I think you are making the implicit assumption here that there is a single path towards "inclusive" and "non-inflammatory". But that's not always the case. For example, some people prefer the term GSRM (Gender-Sexual-Romantic Minority [1]) in favor of LGBT because they see it as more inclusive. Others see it as problematic [2]. Should Google Docs push one term over the other? Or just not make a stance? But how do they choose when to make a stance? Because once they do start making a stance, it has massive influence over the public. And that's the real issue; these features allow companies to have greater and greater influence and power over the public discourse.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_minority
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_minority#Controversy