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by luord 2435 days ago
I've been answering questions in Stack Overflow for over two years and I don't remember referring to anyone by anything other than the second person; I never saw SO as a platform that lended itself to talk about anyone in the third person.

Regardless, this policy means that I'll be contributing even less frequently than I already do and, if/when that happens, I'll just keep using the second person.

If I somehow slip, use the third person and someone ends up saying anything about "misgendering", I'll just delete the answer/comment and spend my time better doing something else.