[hackerbabz]

I don’t know if I’ve ever written a single pronoun on stack overflow.

I write a question referring only to myself “How do I...” Or I write an answer with “you”, or I reference another poster by name.

I don’t quite understand why the admins thought this was a good use of energy, but I am also all for inclusivity. If I find the need for a pronoun, I will use “they” and not be bothered by it.

[luckylion]

> If I find the need for a pronoun, I will use “they” and not be bothered by it.

That will possibly get you a warning and, if you keep doing it, a ban. If you're using any pronouns and the person has written their preferred pronouns on their profile, you must use those.

I believe that the whole issue is virtue signalling. It has none to very little actual practical value but is highly contentious (especially with draconian punishments for minor infractions), it's great as a signal and useless as a policy.

[hackerbabz]

It absolutely says the opposite of that.

> Q15: Is it expected that people go to "About me" to check whether someone has pronouns there when interacting in Q&A?

No. That would be good practice, but it is not required.

[luckylion]

Oh, thanks for pointing that out. I had read the whole shebang yesterday and that Q&A has been added since then. Before the CoC was made public, the (unofficially) communicated approach was that checking the profile was to be mandatory.