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Re:Ask HN: What options, if any, do you have when Google ban... by bad_username on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:16PM (#26947501)
> they appealed and it got changed... Then they sent a "Yes, you are still in violation"

It is hard to figure out what happened when everybody is "they". I don't think using "he" or "she" would do any harm here.

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Re:Ask HN: What options, if any, do you have when Google ban... by gameman144 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:47AM (#26978456)
"They" is the proper method for referring to a singular person of unspecified gender. In this case, since we don't know the gender of the person in question, using "they" is appropriate. If we knew the gender, then a gender-specific pronoun could be called for.
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Re:Ask HN: What options, if any, do you have when Google ban... by babygoat on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:37PM (#26950762)
How exactly would a gender pronoun help you understand?
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