I'm not normally a huge fan of gender-neutral pronouns, but you have heard of pseudonymity?
~hidduc-posmeg is an HN user with a very definite gender, but doxing is bad karma and avoiding pronouns is cumbersome. So, why not?
In a system where you choose your own handle, you tend to gender it. But when your "name" is just a number in a phonetic base, it seems like a pity to sacrifice any of its delicious opacity. This obviously shouldn't be read as some sort of taking sides in some culture war or other...
~hidduc-posmeg is an HN user with a very definite gender, but doxing is bad karma and avoiding pronouns is cumbersome. So, why not?
In a system where you choose your own handle, you tend to gender it. But when your "name" is just a number in a phonetic base, it seems like a pity to sacrifice any of its delicious opacity. This obviously shouldn't be read as some sort of taking sides in some culture war or other...