• kadu@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Why are we using a Microsoft mascot as a symbol for fair technology?

    Do people need a reminder of what Microsoft was up to when Clippy was a thing?

    • Sv443@sh.itjust.works
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      20 days ago

      Doesn’t matter. Clippy was always hated on up until now, when it became a twisted symbol of the people who’ve had enough, and a mark we wear to symbolize willingness to stand up to bullshit. Kinda the same thing happened with e.g. anti-LGBTQ+ language, which we later adopted into something more positive.