On July 13th, we asked the community for your opinion if you would like to change the name of this community.
Results of the Survey :
Yes - 28.1%
No - 71.9% (winner)
Of the 1,201 responses received, we as a community have democratically decided that we should not change the name from PC Master Race. I am grateful to our community for your input, as this was a difficult topic to navigate together.
We'll pin this post for some time and then consider adding a bullet into the sidebar for this Community to help stave off further discussions around this topic as the community has already decided collectively.
I kinda noticed the first one, but didn't think it had anything to do with taking offense. The second one I haven't noticed at all as well as the third one (the third one is especially bullshit in my opinion).
And this is a good thing. Those changes are far more clear on their intention and it avoids some dated language that makes some folks uncomfortable. It's win/win.
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Have not been there to see the discussion, but I have been seeing the shift the last couple years in tech on termonology.
Branch Names: master -> main
Distributed Systems: master/slave -> primary/secondary
Security: Blacklist/Whitelist -> Blocklist/Allowlist
I refuse to go out of my way leave master for main, literally who cares?
Do people take the same issue with a human master of animals and such too?
Just wild that we’re trying to forever burn these words. Languages should be allow to evolve not cut apart and banned
Am I gonna have to refer to my masters degree as a mains degree now? Lol
I kinda noticed the first one, but didn't think it had anything to do with taking offense. The second one I haven't noticed at all as well as the third one (the third one is especially bullshit in my opinion).
Probably will take awhile to trickle down if it even sticks on the latter two. My exposure was IETF working groups that write up RFC standards.
And this is a good thing. Those changes are far more clear on their intention and it avoids some dated language that makes some folks uncomfortable. It's win/win.