Let&#x27;s suppose that most HN readers are men. There&#x27;s no obvious gender signaling in your username. (It&#x27;s two letters long, after all.) What&#x27;s wrong with someone using the male pronoun as a default until being corrected? Do you expect commentators to read a user&#x27;s profile before choosing a pronoun for that user? That would be a big efficiency loss for no real benefit. It&#x27;s unfortunate that this default bothers you, but it&#x27;s not the responsibility of anyone to prevent offense-taking on the part of another.