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Yes, that's definitely a bad idea because the community picks up on it and dismisses the entire comment set as generated. Generated comments aren't allowed on H
by dang 9mo ago
Yes, that's definitely a bad idea because the community picks up on it and dismisses the entire comment set as generated. Generated comments aren't allowed on HN, and readers are super-sensitive about this these days.
The non-native speaker point is understandable, of course, but you're much better off writing in your own voice, even if a few mistakes sneak in (who cares, that's fine!). Non-native speakers are more than welcome on HN.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22own%20voice%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- Soerensen 9mo agoAppreciate it! I should clarify that it's not just grammatical. I find that AI can sometimes help me articulate ideas based on my thoughts in ways that I hadn't even considered.
- dang 9mo agoOk, but please don't do it anymore. It's not what we want here, will lead to an increasingly hostile reception from HN users. The community here feels very strongly about reserving the space for human-to-human interaction, discussion, thought, language, etc.
- rob 9mo agoComment 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873799 2026-02-03T17:12:55 1770138775 Comment 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873809 2026-02-03T17:13:40 1770138820 Comment 3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873820 2026-02-03T17:14:25 1770138865 All detailed comments in different threads posted exactly 45 seconds apart, unless the HN timestamps aren't accurate. That's very impressive if the account is not "generated comments", even using speech-to-text via AI. I'll leave it at that.