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I tend to just be lazy and put "the OP" instead of he/she/it, although you could nitpick me on that as well since the author of an article posted to HN is often
by JacobAldridge 15y ago
I tend to just be lazy and put "the OP" instead of he/she/it, although you could nitpick me on that as well since the author of an article posted to HN is often not the "original poster" in question.
- jodrellblank 15y ago"OP" roughly meaning: "walk up the comment tree, including comments and authors, all the way to the article and whoever submitted it, stop at the one I'm talking about, which should be pretty clear from the context of what I'm saying".
- JoshTriplett 15y agoAt least in theory, "OP" means "original poster", making it unambiguous. Though sometimes people mean the root of a comment thread, rather than the article.
- politician 15y agoNot to navigate off-topic, but merely as an aside, perhaps we can solicit the W3C to weigh in with guidance for <op>.
- lelf 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Summary