Post: #1

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015...con-update

Quote:You may not have noticed, but Facebook has been giving itself the website equivalent of a spa weekend recently. In addition to subtly redesigning its logo font, it will soon be rolling out a new look for its "Friends" icon. In fact, the updated symbol is already live on the Facebook app, with the site set to follow suit.

It's also being hailed as a small -- 32px small, to be precise -- victory for feminism. Where before, the Friends icon placed the male figure in front of a smaller female one, the new version has two equal-sized male and female outlines, with the feminine one now slightly overlapping the masculine. The group logo has also been updated, from a central male figure flanked by another male and a female, to one with a woman in the middle with a man either side.

i don't think i need to say anything.

Post: #2

Quote:One reaction that has almost predictably been evoked as a result of the gender icon change is rage, at least from one section of web users. Commenters at sites as disparate as Gizmodo and The Guardian are decrying the move as everything from pointless to offensive, with some saying that the female icon now being in front of the male makes it just as "sexist" as the original.

The funny thing is, it wasn't inherently "sexist" before because they were just icons. Now they have been deliberately changed with an obvious gender-dynamic switcharoo put in place with women being in front.

One would think it would be the more "PC" thing to just make androgynous figures; seeing as how that is the ideal we are going for in the West anyway.

EDIT: Hell maybe they're all women - just some of them are short-haired dykes.

Post: #3

Post: #4

Quote:Where before, the Friends icon placed the male figure in front of a smaller female one, the new version has two equal-sized male and female outlines, with the feminine one now slightly overlapping the masculine.

Facebook's official recognition that women are getting bigger and bigger.

"I'd hate myself if I had that kind of attitude, if I were that weak." - Arnold

Post: #5

Meaningless symbolism over actual substance. Yay feminism.

Post: #6

(07-09-2015 09:51 AM)Aenigmarius Wrote:  Meaningless symbolism over actual substance. Yay feminism.

Exactly. Makes them "feel" good without accomplishing anything.

Post: #7

(07-09-2015 07:59 AM)mouzone Wrote:  Where before, the Friends icon placed the male figure in front of a smaller female one, the new version has two equal-sized male and female outlines, with the feminine one now slightly overlapping the masculine.

That means the gal is basically in front of the guy in the new logo, right?
Doesn't this imply that behind every woman stands a man? This also implies every woman needs a man to get things done. It's kind of a sexist and patriarchal message that is being conveyed here if you ask me.

Post: #8

(07-09-2015 07:59 AM)mouzone Wrote:  http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015...con-update

Quote:You may not have noticed, but Facebook has been giving itself the website equivalent of a spa weekend recently. In addition to subtly redesigning its logo font, it will soon be rolling out a new look for its "Friends" icon. In fact, the updated symbol is already live on the Facebook app, with the site set to follow suit.

It's also being hailed as a small -- 32px small, to be precise -- victory for feminism. Where before, the Friends icon placed the male figure in front of a smaller female one, the new version has two equal-sized male and female outlines, with the feminine one now slightly overlapping the masculine. The group logo has also been updated, from a central male figure flanked by another male and a female, to one with a woman in the middle with a man either side.

i don't think i need to say anything.

Well at least that part is accurate, the icon is a woman between her the man she's got and the man she wants/is messaging on the side.

Post: #9

Facebook is a woman's domain anyway. Might as well officiate it.

Post: #10

This is so fucking moronic it is almost incomprehensible.

This is possible the stupidest, most worthless thing I've seen feminism involved with and that's saying something.

Seriously getting sand in your vag over the tiny little add friend logo and the positioning of a tiny white man in front of a tiny white woman? This is an issue to them?

Honestly this is crazy. I wish we could euthanise the idiot who pushed this idea. This level of stupidity and total pointlessness is impeding the advancement of humanity.

Post: #11

(07-09-2015 11:58 AM)Blackwell Wrote:  This is so fucking moronic it is almost incomprehensible.

This is possible the stupidest, most worthless thing I've seen feminism involved with and that's saying something.

Seriously getting sand in your vag over the tiny little add friend logo and the positioning of a tiny white man in front of a tiny white woman? This is an issue to them?

Honestly this is crazy. I wish we could euthanise the idiot who pushed this idea. This level of stupidity and total pointlessness is impeding the advancement of humanity.

Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook, I could've seen this coming a mile away.

Post: #12

(07-09-2015 07:59 AM)mouzone Wrote:  http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015...con-update

Quote:You may not have noticed, but Facebook has been giving itself the website equivalent of a spa weekend recently. In addition to subtly redesigning its logo font, it will soon be rolling out a new look for its "Friends" icon. In fact, the updated symbol is already live on the Facebook app, with the site set to follow suit.

It's also being hailed as a small -- 32px small, to be precise -- victory for feminism. Where before, the Friends icon placed the male figure in front of a smaller female one, the new version has two equal-sized male and female outlines, with the feminine one now slightly overlapping the masculine. The group logo has also been updated, from a central male figure flanked by another male and a female, to one with a woman in the middle with a man either side.

i don't think i need to say anything.

Facebook becomes Fatbook.

Post: #13

This is exactly why I use Vkontakte. On vk, only two genders to choose from, not 56. Also, "open relationships" aka slutting around isn't an option. Boycott facebook and the degeneracy it symbolizes- the dying west.

Post: #14

(07-09-2015 11:58 AM)Blackwell Wrote:  This is so fucking moronic it is almost incomprehensible.

This is possible the stupidest, most worthless thing I've seen feminism involved with and that's saying something.

Seriously getting sand in your vag over the tiny little add friend logo and the positioning of a tiny white man in front of a tiny white woman? This is an issue to them?

Honestly this is crazy. I wish we could euthanise the idiot who pushed this idea. This level of stupidity and total pointlessness is impeding the advancement of humanity.

Feminism is a racket. It REQUIRES that feminists remain in a state of perpetual victimhood and always have something to be offended about. If they ever ran out of things and corrected every "injustice" in the world, they would need to continue to create newer and even more ludicrous "offenses" to keep the party going, otherwise the gravy train would come to an end and all of the wealth and power that has been tied to feminism would disappear.

Same with the SJW racket. These things will never reach a final conclusion or come to an end on their own.

Post: #15

What do I think of the cheesedick-run FB, of the cookie-cutter lefties and their vapid posts on my FB feed???

Post: #16

I deactivated my Facebook account earlier this week. The first few days without it are a bit of a shock (it's something I've used regularly since '06 when it was limited to college students) but once the habit is broken, life goes on as usual.

Why support this stuff?

Post: #17

(07-09-2015 02:04 PM)manly5000 Wrote:  

(07-09-2015 11:58 AM)Blackwell Wrote:  This is so fucking moronic it is almost incomprehensible.

This is possible the stupidest, most worthless thing I've seen feminism involved with and that's saying something.

Seriously getting sand in your vag over the tiny little add friend logo and the positioning of a tiny white man in front of a tiny white woman? This is an issue to them?

Honestly this is crazy. I wish we could euthanise the idiot who pushed this idea. This level of stupidity and total pointlessness is impeding the advancement of humanity.

Feminism is a racket. It REQUIRES that feminists remain in a state of perpetual victimhood and always have something to be offended about. If they ever ran out of things and corrected every "injustice" in the world, they would need to continue to create newer and even more ludicrous "offenses" to keep the party going, otherwise the gravy train would come to an end and all of the wealth and power that has been tied to feminism would disappear.

Same with the SJW racket. These things will never reach a final conclusion or come to an end on their own.

It all makes sense now: Feminism is a bureaucracy. A self-perpetuating socio-political movement that must constantly justify it's existence or else it would become irrelevant.

Post: #18

^ agreed.

What bothers me about the political restructuring is that as men we're inclined to ignore this as the trivial fluff it is. But a lot of these little messages become a stronger influence over time.

Post: #19

Fixed:

Post: #20

What a major victory for feminism.

Meanwhile, there are eight-year-old child brides in Telangana.

Post: #21

Deactivated mine after I made my gender crocodile.

Post: #22

So feminists, please tell me more about how you're achieving great victories for equality like minor changes to corporate logos. And please tell me more about how those are equally important as things like blacks getting voting rights.

Post: #23

I'm glad this pressing matter has been solved... now we can get back to solving the Grrece crisis, ISIS, CHinese meltdown etc,.

Post: #24

There are men here on Facebook? Weird,

Post: #25

You know, as a man, it's a little scary to think that I wake up every morning and go out and am surrounded by some really man-hating people here in my country.

"More gender equal"? It puts the woman in front of the man, puts 2 men behind a woman, lol.

And American women are wondering why American men are giving up on the dream of getting married...