Genderlock reminder to SE

[whiskeybravo]

"Made up words" is literally what language is and how it evolves, but that's not even on topic.

Made up words mean nothing. Gooblygobidtydibitydash

But if someone uses a word that doesn't appear to be rubbish, such as "Genderlock", in order to interpret this word we have to break it down to individual components and see what those might mean. "Lock" implies that access is being restricted. That is why you "lock" something up, or away.

A more appropriate term would be "gender options".

"Dear SE, are you able to introduce optional genders for Viera and Hrothgar?"

sounds a lot better than

"It's getting quite annoying to have to wait so much for you to say that we will get genderlock lifted"

I mean, who would you rather respond to? Words matter. A great deal.

[Thefates]

Made up words mean nothing. Gooblygobidtydibitydash

But if someone uses a word that doesn't appear to be rubbish, such as "Genderlock", in order to interpret this word we have to break it down to individual components and see what those might mean. "Lock" implies that access is being restricted. That is why you "lock" something.

A more appropriate term would be "gender options". "Dear SE, are you able to introduce optional genders for Viera and Hrothgar?" sounds a lot better "It's getting quite annoying to have to wait so much for you to say that we will get genderlock lifted"

People call it a "genderlocked" race because the race itself is locked to one gender. So, when people shorten it to talking about "the genderlock", that's what they're usually talking about.

[whiskeybravo]

People call it a "genderlocked" race because the race itself is locked to one gender. So, when people shorten it to talking about "the genderlock", that's what they're usually talking about.

That's fine for people in the circle with which these things are discussed. For people outside of that circle, you'd like to form a proper idea inside their head, which is why language is very important. Again, instead of respectively asking SE to create something that the community desires, it's insultingly framed as "Remove the genderlock".