Don Norman , a person who is well-known and respected for pioneering the UX field in the 1990s and beyond, often reminds us that wording is important and we should focus on our goal of helping real, thinking, feeling people – not users. Humans . When we call them customers or users, we distance ours…

In my opinion as a lifelong developer (though not a Discourse expert), whether you should proceed with this effort depends upon the weight of impact versus weight of effort as measured from your perspective. The weight of impact could be subdivided into internal (for your own benefit) and external (…

No need to do any hacking as Discourse lends itself to easy customization of any text. Simply find the specific instances of user and users you want to change. :boom: [image] Customize text in Discourse Site Management bookmark This is a guide for customizing …

Although changing text is an option, it will only change the current locale. It would be useful to be able for plugins, themes or theme components to handle custom locales as proposed in the OP. Is there such a functionality? In French, one could use « usager » instead of « utilisateur » or « util…

[image] griffin: A bit philosophical, I realize, but hopefully helpful. :slightly_smiling_face: Getting positive re-affirmation from a total stranger is always my favourite thing about the internet :heart: [image] omarfilip: No need to do any hacking as Discourse lends itself to easy cus…

[image] jesus2099: I think user is more relevant than people. People includes everyone who does not use Discourse. I haven’t lock that one yet :sweat_smile:. Since my site would serve my entire country, I initially thought of using the term Malaysians instead of Users. However, I don’t think…

This very dilemma seems to me an impetus behind the trust level (TL) labels ( Basic , Member , Regular , Leader , Elder) of Discourse. The “roles” that your ____ have can be based upon the nature of the community. An example hierarchy for a trade-related community could take a hint from history and have…

Rename Users to People

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jesus2099 July 13, 2021, 7:33pm 5

I think user is more relevant than people.
People includes everyone who does not use Discourse.

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Rename Users to People

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