One word: Precedent. This is a front-page link on HackerNews. It's going to be referenced in the future. I thought that they handled it quite well, and that t

One word: Precedent. This is a front-page link on HackerNews. It's going to be referenced in the future. I thought that they handled it quite well, and that they have an eye for their legacy. In this case, the bot self-identifies as a bot. I am afraid that won't be the case, all the time.