Jun 30 2008
Facebook to Users: Let’s Cut Grammatical Errors
[NY Times]
The online hangout Facebook is getting more serious about grammar. No more should users see jarringly incorrect declarations such as ”Debbie changed their profile picture.”
Users who haven’t specified their gender in their Facebook profiles will be asked to do so in the coming weeks. That way, Facebook doesn’t have to default to ”their” or the made-up word ”themself,” as it had been doing.
Read about it here.
[From me]
What does this mean for transgender people? I want my “IS” back!
What do you think?
One response so far
I think it’s one of the most tolerant, considerate, and thoughtful questions I’ve seen in a while.