Yes. I don’t take HN particularly seriously and don’t care to maintain an account here. :)

The guidelines ask:

> "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create them routinely. On HN, users should have an identity that others can relate to."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I understand you don't take HN particularly seriously, but would you at least take the guidelines into account? If you're not willing to be a part of the community, would you at least respect it and not create throwaways for comments like this?

There is some kind of poetic irony in asking someone to take serious the guidelines of that which they do not take seriously in the first place.

The available alternatives when trying to encourage people to abide by community standards aren't particularly appealing.

Like constantly banning them with extreme prejudice for not towing the line? That already happens anyway, and it’s one reason why sites like n-gate exist. HN is a parody of itself.