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by jraph 298 days ago
I suppose the Latin phrasing needs to be double-checked, but it's nice to have what we ought to aim expressed to concisely (even in English). I guess the Latin makes it sound more serious and authoritative (but also more cryptic, so it's a double-edged sword to manipulate with caution).

May it help spread the spirit, with which I completely agree. Kudos for aiming this.

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Getting into a rhetoric style, rule of thirds can help.

So something like:

Custodi usorem, custodi data, custodi veritatem.

Maybe this?

Usorēs, data et veritas primum

Users, data and truth first.

And actually first in the sentence structure (in both languages).

(edit: I had initially used prima - neutral plural nominative for primus (adj.) to target the three subjects, which I don't know if it's right, but using the adverb feels better. I don't do Latin though)

Yeah this sounds better, the proposed slogan kind of does not smoothly roll off the tongue
> I guess the Latin makes it sound more serious and authoritative

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.