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>preventing people from calling it out. : https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >Please don't post
by News-Dog 4y ago
>preventing people from calling it out. : https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
>Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like.
It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken.
If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.<
I think this means Not to ues the slur "Are a BOT" as in; your comment makes no sense.
- krapp 4y agoI was referring to the rule about not calling out people who comment without reading the headline: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."
- News-Dog 4y agoTrue! I misconstrued your Point, Apologies! I fixated on the line by MilnerRoute; >Are you thinking about writing a bot that replies to Hacker News posts?<