#people Vs. #users: Which Would Should We Use?
▻https://hackernoon.com/people-vs-users-eee219a762c6?source=rss----3a8144eabfe3---4
▻http://contemporary-home-computing.org/turing-complete-user/#fn-tronIn the article linked above it discusses the difference between using the word user and using the word people. I had not realized that the difference in these two words is significant.At first, I was stuck on the idea that using the word user could be dehumanizing/depersonalizing. I also liked the point that experiences were for people and interfaces were for the users. These two ideas had me originally thinking that people was a better word to be using.After discussing it with others I now think that user is better than people. The word user shows awareness that you are using a technology which is important when technology is being more and more integrated into our everyday lives. Users are there to use the code (...)