self-censorship is so insidious not to sound like a conspiracy theorist but you’re literally doing conservatives’ jobs for them. these people want you dead. they do not care what shiny new term you get to make yourself more approachable or shed yourself from the history of those past terms you consider shameful. at most you’ll just give them another word to make fun of you with. instead of policing yourself and others about language usage, do something useful like mutual aid, build actual community, make yourself visible. respectability politics is a trap and a thankless joke.
I honestly think the best direction @staff can take right now is the one Firefox and DuckDuckGo took back in the day, which is to realize that they're the only major alternative to a bunch of really morally reprehensible options and actively try to become morally decent, then use that as marketing
Like if the messaging around tumblr was "We'll never have an algorithm. We'll never sell your data. We'll never be bought by Elon Musk" and then they actually followed through on it all, they could fill a very desperately needed niche in the market. Rebrand tumblr as the not-predatory social media site and people will actually have a reason to check it out other than nostalgia
I think the consensus of the userbase is moving towards "staff is actually doing a pretty good job now for effectively the first time in history" so I don't think it's too far-fetched that they could go in this direction. And now really is the perfect time to do it
"This is Markarth, traveler. Safest city in the Reach."
--Markarth City Guard, when you first visit this place.
I haven't seen any Dwemer ruin before, and the stone architecture and all the waterfalls are beautiful to me. So I was like: Markarth looks like a wonderful place.
tes has RUINED the way i consume media especially fantasy media like if i’m introduced to a new fantasy universe and there aren’t specific and complex creation myths and rules for how like the physical and metaphysical worlds work and were created in like “really ://“
Night-owls kept our species alive for millions of years protecting the day walkers from nocturnal predators and our repayment was…being scorned and told we are lazy assholes.