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[–]filbs111 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I wonder whether comments that don't comply are purged. The Mail comments are moderated. Possibly for legal compliance, and possibly without understanding what is required to comply. They don't explicitly mention use of "professional nouns" on https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/house_rules.html

An enterprising soul might try posting something and seeing if it gets deleted.

[–]BEB 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I've seen comments from people complaining that their other comments have been removed so it could well be that the Mail removes comments they don't like.

[–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It might be not that the Mail "doesn't like" the comments, but feels pressured to apply certain rules out of fear of legal action, boycotts etc.

[–]BEB 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes - the UK seems to have some crazy rules around pronoun usage (or am I thinking of Canada?)