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Re:Gitlab Personas by kube-system on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:14AM (#34437571)
I don’t understand why people are taking these so personally. The point of them is to be an example of someone. They are characters, in a story.
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Re:Gitlab Personas by vintermann on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:57AM (#34437821)
Because they are stereotypes. And we all have negative experiences being stereotyped, because inevitably very few people fit the stereotype on all points.
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Re:Gitlab Personas by kube-system on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:05PM (#34444203)
No, user personas have names because they represent an individual. Not all software developers are Sasha, but Sasha is Sasha.
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Re:Gitlab Personas by naijaboiler on Thursday January 19, 2023 @08:55PM (#34448251)
Nobody fits stereotypes on all fronts. Nobody is perfectly average, but that's not the point of personas.
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