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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Somewhat more controversially there was a recent attempt at “improving” gender input fields.

https://imgur.com/gallery/HdFhJZE

[–] harry315@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

to be fair, the first colour picker isn't too bad, it it?

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

My amusement comes from the fact that in most cases a gender input field is just an invasion of privacy, juxtaposed against these ridiculous over implementations. My favourite is the gender fluid one.

[–] Zoidberg@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What bugs me is: why in the fuck are they asking for people's gender? Other than medical questions (where you specify your birth gender), I think for the vast majority of cases the question should not be relevant.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah pretty much, medical and dating information maybe. Anything else is just an invasion of privacy.