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Your comment, although well-meaning, also didn't add anything to the conversation. People tend to vote those down.
by Jaruzel 10y ago
Your comment, although well-meaning, also didn't add anything to the conversation. People tend to vote those down.
- seejay 10y agoThank you very much! in that case I'd be ok with the down votes. But the first reply I got here from someone I assume who is in charge of HN was "OP is a man" so I can't help but wonder what's really going on in the minds of these down voters.
- alainv 10y ago1) Your comment added nothing, but then this wasn't a high-value thread anyway. 2) Any pronoun in that case would be superfluous. "Holy crap! Congratulations!" would be far more intuitive to native english speakers. Choosing to add a gendered pronoun without knowing the correct gender is just... odd. That's exactly the type of situation most would avoid where possible: you omit gendered pronouns unless you know.
- seejay 10y agoI agree with both your points, completely. Thank you very much!