so apparently the entire stackexchange network is currently blowing up over a *very* poorly implemented change to the code of conduct to mandate people use the correct "gender pronouns" (their term, not mine)

this is following a huge storm when a mod was fired without going through the normal procedures because she proposed allowing the use of gender-neutral language even when pronouns are given (e.g. even if someone's profile (which no one ever checks) states that their pronouns are she/her, you would be allowed to still use they/them because, again, no one ever checks profile pages, it's a question-and-answer site, not a social network)

I don't know how to feel about this

the majority of people are supportive of nonbinary people and neopronouns but the way the moderators are handling it suggests they have no idea what they're doing, the new rules are far too strict and far too rigid