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It speaks volumes for what the admins want to accomplish if they don't choose a more neutral term when this feature is fully released.
Based on past cockups with language on other features, I think it's less likely that the word choice is nefarious and more likely that they've just got zero people on their team that know thing one about language, communication, and messaging. In other words, I don't think they considered connotation at all.
Comment by cyanocittaetprocyon at 04/03/2021 at 00:58 UTC
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This is why they announce it on changelog; so we do the due diligence for them.