nabelew: Do you think it's cool that Indigenous communities have adapted Wordle-style games to support language revitalization? @nytimes.com doesn't! They just put a 1-day DMCA takedown hit on them, and the volunteer time, knowledge, and labor put into those learning resources are gone now. V poor form, NYT.

Do you think it's cool that Indigenous communities have adapted Wordle-style games to support language revitalization? @nytimes.com doesn't! They just put a 1-day DMCA takedown hit on them, and the volunteer time, knowledge, and labor put into those learning resources are gone now. V poor form, NYT.

There's a Wordle for that: Word game adapted for Indigenous languageswww.vancouverisawesome.com The Gitksan Wordle was created by Victoria software developer and linguist Aidan Pine

I don't see how grassroots organizations using a simple game format to support a core group of language learners is going to cut into @nytimes.com' ad revenue or divert anyone from playing the English game. Just seems like petty punching down at people who are doing their best with few resources.

Now it says Not Wordle and is back up!

I think they haven't hit Aidan's yet (since he wasn't using the main github fork they went after), but it's probably only a matter of time 😔

I just forked and downloaded it out if solidarity. We’ll see if the vultures come for me. github.com/likethemagic...

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