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Because in a sibling comment by the same poster, previous to my comment, he wrote "he", so I assumed he was a he.
by severino 5y ago
Because in a sibling comment by the same poster, previous to my comment, he wrote "he", so I assumed he was a he.
- azinman2 5y agoFair enough. Timeline wasn't so clear on that for me. For the record, I see this kind of behavior all the time on HN.. I don't always call it out but occasionally. I always get downvoted, which doesn't surprise me, but it's the right thing to make people aware of these subtle behavior patterns that many women have told me makes them reconsider their field.
- 1_player 5y ago"Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- vidarh 5y agoI'd consider just making a point of using "they" in a reply instead. Much less confrontational, and gets the idea through to those receptive to it. It's worth calling out occasionally, such as correcting when the preferred pronoun is known to you, but otherwise it usually just details discussions.