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[–] [email protected] 81 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I know some artists don't mind it, but I just can't hear the word "creatives" as anything other than silicon valley speak for the source of the content they sell. It feels dehumanizing.

Particularly in this case, it's Adobe, so you can just call them artists, designers, photographers, etc.

Or, ya know, just users.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In fairness, it’s Wired who called them creatives, while Adobe called them artists.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's pretty bad. It's like calling people "the talent".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Or calling all kinds of art "content".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Remember when consumers where customers?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

So if artists are “creatives”, what does that make them? “Exploiters”?