| ▲ | DoctorOW 8 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
> For some reason, I think people think riddling a README with emoji makes the document more inclusive. Why do you think that? I try to stay involved in accessibility community (if that's what you mean by inclusive?) and I've not heard anyone advocate for emojis over text? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | yakshaving_jgt 8 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
It's really only anecdotal — I observed this as a popular meme between ~2015-2020. I say "meme" because I believe this is how the information spreads — I think people in that particular clique suggest it to each other and it becomes a form of in-group signalling rather than an earnest attempt to improve the accessibility of information. I'm wary now of straying into argumentum ad ignorantiam territory, but I think my observation is consistent with yours insofar as the "inclusivity" community I'm referring to doesn't have much overlap with the accessibility community; the latter being more an applied science project, and the former being more about humanities and social theory. | |||||||||||||||||
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