'Deafen' is unintuitive terminology
I saw the 'Deafen' button on the desktop app, but I guess it doesn't exist on mobile.
I think the term is unintuitive. I'm not sure what other apps use, maybe "audio on/off" rather than "deafen/undeafen"? It certainly seems like nobody else uses "deafen/undeafen".
I get its meaning from context (the headphones icon, and since the microphone is "mute/unmute"), but I feel like "Deafen" on its own doesn't make sense and possibly could also be interpreted as "Make 'deafeningly' loud" which is pretty much the opposite of what it does.
I asked a Deaf Slack channel what they thought about it, and people also thought it was unintuitive and ambiguous. Deaf individuals might find it offensive, as demonstrated in the comments.
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I got here because I don't know what it means, at all. Somebody explain like I'm five, because I don't get it.
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It's supposed to make it so you don't hear anyone else's audio.
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Hey @Poage ... I didn't get the Deafen option either really.
The most useful article I have come across which explains this satisfactorily IMO can be found here:
Hope this helps :)
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Deafen and undeafen disables the respective noises that you hear when someone turns their sound off/on in a voice channel. You hear a sound when someone mutes their mic and when they turn their sound off.
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The dictionary definition of "deafen" is literally "to cause (someone) to lose the power of hearing permanently or temporarily." Not only is it an incorrect usage of the term, I am a deaf/hard of hearing person and I find the term insulting.
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"Deafen" is an offensive term to use for this functionality. Please change it to "silence" or something similar that is not offensive and is more clear (I was very confused about what it would do at first).
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The word is incorrectly used *and* offensive, so this is a no brainer, Discord. Fix the language.
Something like "mute self" for Mute and then "mute others" instead of Deafen could work.
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