A mind at work. Microsoft MVP && Passionate .NET dev lead && VP, Innovation and Products at SCT Software. Opinions here are mine. Trying to be all the human I can be with the time I have.
Hey! I've noticed that in this post you use "guys" as a reference to the entire community, which is not made up of only guys but a variety of community members.
I'm running an experiment and hope you'll participate. Would you consider changing "guys" to a more inclusive term? If you're open to that, please let me know when you've changed it and I'll delete this comment.
People understand "guys" in the second person plural to be gender neutral. Using "hey guys" and "you guys" (or even "guys" as short hand when in the second person) is use to address all men, all women, or mixed-gender groups. There is no issue with using it, therefore.
Thank you for the initiative but as long as "guys" as per o ford's dictionary means a group of people I feel this is just wasted time that diverts from the actual problems in he community when it comes to gender equality.
A mind at work. Microsoft MVP && Passionate .NET dev lead && VP, Innovation and Products at SCT Software. Opinions here are mine. Trying to be all the human I can be with the time I have.
I speak to that in my post, but if you truly feel strongly enough to not change one word, then I'll have to accept that. Disappointing, but thanks for the response.
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Hey! I've noticed that in this post you use "guys" as a reference to the entire community, which is not made up of only guys but a variety of community members.
I'm running an experiment and hope you'll participate. Would you consider changing "guys" to a more inclusive term? If you're open to that, please let me know when you've changed it and I'll delete this comment.
For more information and some alternate suggestions, see dev.to/seankilleen/a-quick-experim....
Thanks for considering!
People understand "guys" in the second person plural to be gender neutral. Using "hey guys" and "you guys" (or even "guys" as short hand when in the second person) is use to address all men, all women, or mixed-gender groups. There is no issue with using it, therefore.
Hi Sean
Thank you for the initiative but as long as "guys" as per o ford's dictionary means a group of people I feel this is just wasted time that diverts from the actual problems in he community when it comes to gender equality.
I speak to that in my post, but if you truly feel strongly enough to not change one word, then I'll have to accept that. Disappointing, but thanks for the response.