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Really? While talking in a context of a specific post, written by a male?

• x3ro 10y ago
  Yes, because the comment refers to "stories like these", and not only the specific story in question. Also, what makes you think the author is male?
• Mndrain 10y ago
  Not to presume which gender OP identifies with, but if you take a look at their GitHub profile, you'd probably come to the conclusion the the writer is not male. Since the specific context matters to you, would you now suggest the parent of this thread then change the pronoun to "she" instead?
  • rdslw 10y ago
    I've misread (english is not my native language) post with ", he takes it apart..." as a fact about author gender and reacted to subsequent comment which I find wrong. Answering your question: would he, or me, or other poster know the gender of author while writting about author -> we should use proper form. If no prior knowledge is present: it does not matter to me, and I consider it not worth mentioning or correcting.