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abtinf 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for...

Yes, and it’s not like they just insta-ban every infraction.

I’ve broken the guidelines on this site before. The mods reply and say “hey, stop doing that, here is the guideline”. I stopped doing it. Life continues.

altairprime 4 months ago [–]

(They do react differently if you show a pattern of disregard rather than a one-time event; ‘dang before’ might pull up some of those in a search.)

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