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Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday March 08, 2026 @03:49PM (#47300613)
The guidelines haven't even been updated to say that AI generated posts and submission aren't permitted even though it's been the policy for a couple of years now if one searches for postings by the moderators. So outsiders and new HN users have no reason to know that it's not allowed. I'm sure there are reasons for it but the inaction is all very mysterious from an outsider perspective.
Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by i_think_so on Monday March 09, 2026 @04:27AM (#47306218)
This obviously should have been done years ago. @dang is there a reason it hasn't?
Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by i_think_so on Monday March 09, 2026 @04:58AM (#47306440)
..so updating the guidelines is beyond the pale and suggesting it is downvote worthy?

How very interesting.

Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by dang on Monday March 09, 2026 @02:27PM (#47313217)
"Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading."

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

Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by dang on Monday March 09, 2026 @02:27PM (#47313216)
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated

(@dang doesn't work and it took me a long time to find this comment again so I could reply!)