Justine Dolorfino

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I just noticed that facebook uses what appears to be a male silhouette for “profile” to represent the generic user. Check out the icons for “requests” and “photos” too. I just think it’s interesting because it brings up a few points:
— is it easier to use a male image to represent generic consumers of a product?— where else is stuff like this visible? — does stuff like this actually matter?

I just noticed that facebook uses what appears to be a male silhouette for “profile” to represent the generic user. Check out the icons for “requests” and “photos” too. I just think it’s interesting because it brings up a few points:

— is it easier to use a male image to represent generic consumers of a product?
— where else is stuff like this visible?
— does stuff like this actually matter?

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