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Re:Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conver... by dang on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @06:00PM (#47342720)
Oh that one is a classic case of people 'remembering' a rule that never existed - there's a name for this illusion but I forget what it is.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 and https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... for history...

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Re:Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conver... by chrisshroba on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @06:05PM (#47342778)
> 'remembering' a rule that never existed

Probably the Mandela effect!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_effect

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Re:Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conver... by Kye on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @07:35PM (#47344051)
This was (maybe still is) part of "reddiquette." Like the guidelines and case law here, it often found its way into subreddit rules and comments from moderators.
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Re:Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conver... by dang on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @11:42PM (#47346181)
To me it's just like how, growing up in Canada, we all assumed we had Miranda rights from American TV.
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