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The most recent 60 (!) comments plus every submission of the last 6 months were all about the same thing. That's extreme. The posts didn't all mention that spec
by dang 3mo ago
The most recent 60 (!) comments plus every submission of the last 6 months were all about the same thing. That's extreme. The posts didn't all mention that specific project, but there was only one topic and they were extremely repetitive. This is not a close call.
I made it all the way back to https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=atomic128&next=46280602 https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=atomic128&next=4628060... (6 months ago) before seeing posts about anything else, only to find that there was a different agenda before that. Not cool.
Edit: and before all that, there was this: https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=atomic128&next=41647959 https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=atomic128&next=4164795.... This is obviously not using HN as intended.
- dredmorbius 3mo agoExceptions? <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116093> (LLM but not PF). <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095664> (a16h) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695693> (vuln exploits) 2026-1-20 <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46280602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46280602> (???, but not PF) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195234> (Monero / Dark Web) 2025-12-8 <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45894305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45894305> and <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826273> (Tor hidden service) Nov 2025 That's from the past 20 comments. Submissions: 8 most recent on PF, 9+ cover nuclear power, Tor dark web, robotaxis, and other topics. Again: Not a one-note flute, though fairly focused of late on AI and poisoning. Again: I think the ban is unwarranted. I'm not sure what's driving your thinking here, but a no-warnings ban seems excessive. And given YC's current preponderance of AI/agentic launches (<https://news.ycombinator.com/launches https://news.ycombinator.com/launches>), self-serving and contrary to the "we moderate YC stories less" guideline. (Yes, I'm aware "less" isn't "none", and this is an account/user rather than story, I hope my point stands and is clear.) The Yann LeCun posts you link are ... a bit OTT. That's also a couple of years ago. I've said my bit. I'm hoping you and atomic128 can come to an understanding in email.