The first time I submitted an article on lobste.rs, I picked a tag that was apparently disallowed for new users. I then selected a different tag (thinking I was

The first time I submitted an article on lobste.rs, I picked a tag that was apparently disallowed for new users. I then selected a different tag (thinking I was abiding by the systems in place) and posted the article. Mods sent me a nastygram about it - apparently they checked the logs to see that I had originally submitted with a “disallowed” tag - as if I should have known that the message actually meant “you may not post this article now at all because you initially picked a tag that is disallowed for newcomers.” My bad, what a totally intuitive unwritten rule you have there - “any error from the system means you should just go away.” Said nastygram also threatened to ban me for self-promotion. I didn’t write the article in question, so I’m really not sure what they mean over there by “self-promotion.” I replied to the nastygram seeking some clarification on what I was doing wrong, but never got a reply. Haven’t bothered to interact since, because apparently a mod is pissed at me for reasons I truly cannot understand, and I don’t want to get my friend’s account banned for having invited me. Doesn’t seem like a great place to me.