It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

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    3 months ago

    Don’t know anyone who has a problem with it

    I think it was just an ad campaign by Github to capitalize on BLM

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      3 months ago

      Conversation has been going for over 20 years.

      I loathe the “responder” term in “Controller/Responder” but whatever. If learning to use two different words increases accessibility it’s fine. I’m pretty good at learning words and what they mean. Been doing it my whole life.