Otherwise it would be hard to refer to them, which is in general why people note their pronouns.
Sure, people can always use the gender-neutral they, but some people would prefer to use other pronouns. It is the polite thing to do to refer people as how they prefer if it is not causing much confusion.
I don’t care what pronouns they chose.
Apparently you care so much that you took time to write this post.
From over here it looks like you made a whole post about it. Why do you post about things you don’t care about?
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This comment reeks of bad faith.
So you don’t care of what pronouns they choose? You literally don’t know them irl, you would have 0 information of what their gender is to call them anything but “they” if they don’t put their pronouns. Assuming everyone is a man is unhelpful nowadays.
Even if you were a right winger immersed so far in the culture war you are unable to recognize the idea of gender as separate from sex and thus denying people determining their own pronouns, you still wouldn’t know what someone is. But if that is frankly your position it would be better you stay away from that place since you would be exactly the kind of people they have to moderate so heavily against
It doesn’t matter if you care. What matters is that the people being referred to care how they are being referred. It’s literally 0 extra effort for you to use the pronouns they prefer. Just use the pronouns that they want. It doesn’t inconvenience you at all.
You don’t need to care about their pronouns. I don’t care either: in the sense that they can pick attack helicopter as their pronoun, and it is none of my business; and I don’t mind people accidentally refer to me with the wrong pronoun.
However, pronouns are important for some people, as they and their forerunners went through a lot to freely use their pronouns today. And as a member of the society, I am happy that they have the freedom they deserve, and respect their choice of pronouns as it is possibly important to them.
Listing you pronouns (even if you don’t care) can not only help people who cherish their freedom to feel safe and accepted, but also help people on the other side of the internet refer to you without the fear of misgendering.
While I do find it funny to have pronouns in a semi-anonymous community, the reason has to do with the community they want to build, especially it being on the progressive side of culture, here is an expert from their mission statement:
As a news aggregator and a social media outlet, with a focus on being a safe and accepting space, we strive to create a positive social impact. We will also help to connect underprivileged and minority individuals with education and civic participation by promoting a healthier online experience.
Aside from that I feel it’s common modern internet etiquette to have your pronouns available, and while I do find it funny to have when you are technically anonymous it probably makes communication easier and helps erase the internet bias of thinking every single persin you meet is a man.
Edit: now this was an unexpected turn of events, I didn’t expect OP to be this much of an imbecile.
Probably so you know how to refer to them when writing sentences about them.
Isn’t is weird that all mods have their pronouns in their names I think it’s a rule.
Their moderator rules are written down in their documentation, so you could certainly find out if it is.
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Why is it weird? I identify as I/care you are I/care phobic!
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Just because your question isn’t stupid, doesn’t mean it’s not ignorant.