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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Face of Fury

Thu, 10 Aug 2017, 10:50
spinal
I think the new filters on face app might upset some people..

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Thu, 10 Aug 2017, 10:50
GfK
People are proper getting out of their prams over it... https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40887229/faceapp-launches-blackface-feature-then-deletes-it-after-social-backlash

Personally I don't get why people find it offensive.
Thu, 10 Aug 2017, 10:55
Jayenkai
It was obviously going to go down that route.
They did "be a lady" and "be a child" and "be old"
"Be a different race" was the next obvious step.

... doesn't mean it was right to do it, though.
They screwed themselves into a corner, really.

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Thu, 10 Aug 2017, 11:04
GfK
But it's all just a bit of fun, isn't it?
Thu, 10 Aug 2017, 11:09
spinal
The option seems to have vanished from the app.
Thu, 10 Aug 2017, 11:32
Jayenkai
It's borderline...

I recently rewatched Mars Attacks, and there's a "gag" about halfway through where a reporter (who's sexually ambiguous) stands up and asks "Do the Martians 👽 have two sexes, like we do?"
The gag being, you can't tell which sex the reporter is.

Stuck out like a sore thumb, as being a joke from a bygone age.

We're on the cusp of being the wrong side of that generation gap. Just like how your Nan can be casually racist, and everyone in the room laughs, knowing fully well that that was totally wrong.

... "we're better than that."

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Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 00:16
Dabz
pbs.twimg.com/media/DGzXe4wWAAIA1JD.jpg

The top right one looks too close for comfort mind!

Dabz

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Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 02:25
spinal
Personally I don't see it as racist. They aren't claiming that any of the filters are better than the others, or that they make you look better, just different.
Would it not be more racist to *not* have this feature?

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Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 04:12
rockford
I think it's pretty neat actually. Hopefully it will be incorporated into game tech to make character/avatar builders more diverse.
Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 04:27
spinal
I'd like to see a cartoon filter added.
Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 04:53
GfK
Personally I don't see it as racist. They aren't claiming that any of the filters are better than the others, or that they make you look better, just different.
Would it not be more racist to *not* have this feature?

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