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@be@fosstodon.org @seachaint@hackers.town @eloquence@social.coop An interesting proposition! I know from experience within queer spaces that new terminology can be complicated to spread outside of in-groups, but seeing the state of vocabulary and the FOSS movement as viewed from the outside, rallying around simpler terms that are more explicit are less specialized would definitely be an improvement :3

@eloquence@social.coop I don't think it could be said enough. Having had one foot in the FOSS world and another completely outside of it, I've quickly come to realize how much the intricacies of language, while potentially important within the FOSS community, feels complex and discouraging outside of it, if not outright hostile. It's always been my understanding that part of the FOSS movement's mission is to introduce it to non-initiates, which is much harder when being pendantic about terms :3

@eloquence@social.coop Haha, I wish I had more energy to give to it, especially on the coding side; but thankfully I have friends way more into it than me so I can find ways to use FOSS stuff without overspending spoons trying to fiddle with things too much (which, I'm not gonna lie, can be part of the fun too) :3