The answer is to promote these posts more, not less. Give services an incentive not to be stupid.

At some point it just makes HN worse. People shouldn't use discord at all if its that bad.

And to achieve that - you need to inform as many people as possible, no?

Be consequential and quit if discord is that bad. Its the companies job to produce a good service, not yours to beg them for it!

It makes HN worse in your opinion. The fact that these posts get so much engagement shows that most people do enjoy these kinds of posts.

Engagement does not imply joy. In this case, I'm annoyed that people just don't learn their lesson.

When it happens to you and this is the only way you can get access to some urgently-needed account, you'll be thankful HN didn't create a special category to push these down and make them less visible.

> I understand why they are being made, but it's getting a bit tiring to see these on the front page so frequently.

It's getting a bit tiring to see that these large corporations still can't figure it out on how to treat your user base regarding de-platforming.

This is barely "hacker" and definitely not "news".

Actually, I would consider it news. I learned something new as I have considered making a second discord account, one personal, one for more professional things since orgs seem to be picking it. I only have one phone number and and now know not to use it for both if they ever ask for it. I also learned that they may ask for your phone number and lock you out for no reason if you refuse to give it them even if you already have an account(I have yet to give them my phone number). This lets me know to be even less trusting of them and to make sure I don't depend on anything from their service.

Hackers build these platforms. It's important for them to see and understand the common failure modes.