Hahaha, alright. I appreciate the self-awareness. :) I, too, have words to live by, even Spanish ones.
SiobhanBall
And they call us a cult. A 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡!
I skimmed your examples and think neither should meet the bar for a ‘little telling off.’
In light of the Netflix doccos coming out later this year, and whatever other scandal might be waiting around the corner, I think we ought to ease up on this level of public language policing. The critics are coming; let’s not make their job easy for them (nor convert from within our own community).
Hi Zachary, do you have any notion of the success rate in going from recommitment → realised changes?
Also, thanks for your service! 6+ years is a lot of volunteering.
Finally, indeed! I hope the changes materialise.
Indeed! I asked the same questions in a recent LinkedIn post and am planning to address this topic in a new substack post soon (so now I’m wondering if we know each other 🥷🏽).
To answer your last question—pretty common. The majority I think, though estimates differ.
I started off at 100% but, having reflected on this for a few days, I’m now unsure. I stand by the point I alluded to elsewhere on the forum—that language has been used as a class gatekeeping tool since forever, AI levels the field, and this is good—but on the other hand, the slop is out of control.
You can’t get a read of the writer’s personality if AI is used (that might be beneficial in some cases, but I believe it’s worse overall); it represents the next level of performative twoddle that I’ve decided I do not like (even if I engage in it myself sometimes), and we don’t need another way to distance ourselves from being seen by one another.
So, @NickLaing changed my mind.
It seems that this problem is best solved by regulation + import controls, with industry-wide agreements being an ‘in the meantime’ solution. Doesn’t this make a case for redirecting more resources toward legislative strategy, and less toward corporate campaigns?