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Is this not so microaggression really necessary at the top of every post? it sounds rude and it is not an efficient way of communicating the relevant information.

>Hello. Before commenting about the author, please read this page that explains >the >pronouns that you should be using. tl;dr: the author of this website is NOT >male. >Please do not use "he" or "him" when referring to the author.

How about

> Hi. I am nonbinary. > I prefer the following gender identity pronoun pairs >(xe/xer),(they/them),(she/her) >If you would like to know more here is a link.

(based on blog post and https://www.reddit.com/r/transprogrammer/comments/ox7aef/chr...)

I am autistic and all I want is an efficient way to address this issue I dont care about the politics. Just give me a universal, drama free, efficient way of addressing you and I will do so.

We should just make that a HTML Meta tag <gender identity pronoun pairs> or microschema

Given that there are over 72 different genders now listed here: (https://www.medicinenet.com/what_are_the_72_other_genders/ar...)

Plus: There is no fixed number of gender identities. They occur on a spectrum, which really means that the possibilities are infinite. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-gender-id...

HTML will need ways to convey such information in an orderly and efficient manner.

Or we could just reduce infinite to 1 One pronoun pair to bind then all. . Hu? (For HuMAN) (so only Hu)

In some languages you address people in different a different manner depending on age. and some based on age and perceived status. (and in most some variant if married or not).

All of that can be removed.

Age,Married Status and so on is not required knowledge. Gender identify is also not required knowledge.

Hu / Hua ?



Hi, author of the site here.

It only shows up for people that visit via Hacker News with ads disabled. If you don't want to give me ad impressions, then when you visit it gives you a nudge to be civil when commenting on the article.

Is there anything I can do to change it so that it's better?

If you don't want to see that message, please disable your ad blocker.


Interesting, was there a reason to target that specific user group with the message, or is it just filling space that would have been populated by an ad?


Normally that has a "please disable your ad blocker to help this blog be self-sustaining or donate on patreon" message. But Hacker News users spew so much venom and vitriol (see OP in this thread) that I am a bit more pointed and blunt with the nag messages. Going by the numbers of hits vs as impressions my hypothesis is that the biggest assholes block ads.

I did the math for last year and somehow my blog actually made a small profit! It's nowhere near enough to make me want to quit my dayjob, but it's at least enough that the excess can pay for all my video game purchases. I need to finish that article detailing the blog's finances for 2022.




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