I understand that this may be a contentious suggestion (I’ve been using the Internet long enough to know what happens when a g- g- girl enters a forum), but I ask for the following reason: I often find myself employing male pronouns by default when referring to other forum posters, even though it routinely occurs to me that some of them may be female. It would be nice if there were an indication as to the appropriate choice of words. Just a thought.
We don’t ask this question when people sign up for our forums, so it’s not information we have to display. My advice would be to recognize (as you already do!) that any user could be male or female, and to try to use verbiage that reflects that. 
> We don’t ask this question when people sign up for our forums, so it’s not information we have to display. My advice would be to recognize (as you already do!) that any user could be male or female, and to try to use verbiage that reflects that.
Personally I kind of agree with both you and OP, most forums give you the option to state what gender you are if you want, and also state rather or not you want people to be able to view your gender. But it’s up to you 343i people rather or not you want this. I’m fine with not being able to see who’s a girl, and who’s a boy.
The forum software DOES support being able to put your gender in, I have been fiddling around with a demo of it, however, it really isn’t needed.
> The forum software DOES support being able to put your gender in, I have been fiddling around with a demo of it, however, it really isn’t needed.
It is if you’re pedantic about your grammar, as I am.
> > The forum software DOES support being able to put your gender in, I have been fiddling around with a demo of it, however, it really isn’t needed.
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> It is if you’re pedantic about your grammar, as I am.
Or if you’re Snickerdoodle, who used to constantly be referred to as a guy 
I personally have no preference on whether this is implemented or not. If it is, then fine. If it isn’t, also fine!
I’m pretty sure in the English language the male version of a word is dominate over the female. An example would be if there is a group of people and 10 are girls and 1 of them is a boy you would still say “hey you guys over there” instead of “hey you girls over their”. I’m pretty sure this would carry over to the Internet for when you don’t know which a person may be. So saying a male version of a word to a female over the Internet should be ok as long as you didn’t already know that they were female.
> I’m pretty sure in the English language the male version of a word is dominate over the female. An example would be if there is a group of people and 10 are girls and 1 of them is a boy you would still say “hey you guys over there” instead of “hey you girls over their”. I’m pretty sure this would carry over to the Internet for when you don’t know which a person may be. So saying a male version of a word to a female over the Internet should be ok as long as you didn’t already know that they were female.
I’ve read your post through twice, and I still can’t decide whether you’re being sarcastic or serious.
> I’m pretty sure in the English language the male version of a word is dominate over the female. An example would be if there is a group of people and 10 are girls and 1 of them is a boy you would still say “hey you guys over there” instead of “hey you girls over their”.
While that’s true of many languages, it doesn’t generally apply to English. If one were to refer to a group of ten women and one man as “men”, then that would be incorrect. Likewise if one referred to an individual woman as a “he”. “Guys” works because common usage of that word has shifted, such that it can almost be considered gender-neutral depending on the context.
> I’m pretty sure this would carry over to the Internet for when you don’t know which a person may be. So saying a male version of a word to a female over the Internet should be ok as long as you didn’t already know that they were female.
When talking to or about women and girls, both the validity of “guys” and the invalidity of “men”/“he” carry over to the Internet. The OP’s concern is that they may employ “he” in a situation where it is incorrect.
Technically speaking, they and others could neatly avoid the issue by consistently using the singular “they”, but many people find that convention awkward and wish not to use it.
You know it took me a long time to figure this out, but I’m pretty sure snicker doodle is a lady. Yea I’m 95 percent positive she is a she.
> You know it took me a long time to figure this out, but I’m pretty sure snicker doodle is a lady. Yea I’m 95 percent positive she is a she.
Have you figured out me yet? : /