Fair enough. Timeline wasn't so clear on that for me.

For the record, I see this kind of behavior all the time on HN.. I don't always call it out but occasionally. I always get downvoted, which doesn't surprise me, but it's the right thing to make people aware of these subtle behavior patterns that many women have told me makes them reconsider their field.

I'd consider just making a point of using "they" in a reply instead. Much less confrontational, and gets the idea through to those receptive to it.

It's worth calling out occasionally, such as correcting when the preferred pronoun is known to you, but otherwise it usually just details discussions.

"Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html