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Edit: As @bdonvr@thelemmy.club points out below

  1. This is just a mascot and is not a new logo
  2. The blog referencing Mozilla’s statement on the mascots gender says, (he/she/they/them/it), use whatever pronoun you prefer.
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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 71 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The point is that you've fallen for some idiots on X making up culture war bullshit.

Kit's supposed pronouns aren't mentioned by Mozilla anywhere in any Mozilla announcements.

One news site attributes this quote to Mozilla

Kit (he/she/they/them/it) is the user’s constant companion. Wherever they choose to roam, Kit will accompany and guide them with clever, playful encouragement and support — giving the user the confidence to run free.

That's the one and only place that even remotely mentions it as far as I can tell. And it's not even a statement that it's NB or they/them... More like it's a fictional mascot call it what you want.

Jesus, it's Clippy all over again.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

look i agree the x post is culture war shit, but mozilla does mention the gender of their mascot in their branding resources… but imo this is less of an explicit recognition about the mascot being non-binary and more a function of the mascot being able to be interpreted by humans however they like, and “it” being the term they seem to use simply to increase ambiguity and feelings of personal connection to the mascot for the most people

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

he/she/they/them/it

I think it's more a statement that it's not gendered

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mozilla uses "they're" to refer to Kit, but other than that there's no explicit statement at all.

Kit is a companion, not a commentator. They’re not here to deliver punchlines. Kit shows up as a small signal that Firefox is working for you, then steps back so you can keep moving.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used "they" etc. when I don't know the gender of the person I'm talking about. I feel like that's the safest assumption.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

~~which is from a notoriously “pro-conservative” twitter account, so safe is highly debatable given that the “conservative” label is often applied to provably false arguments~~

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[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just read the screenshot lol

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

which is from a notoriously “pro-conservative” twitter account, so safe is highly debatable given that the “conservative” label is often applied to provably false arguments