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by tomhow 3mo ago
Don't post generated comments or AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated
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Please don't post like this on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Thank you. If you would like to edit past comments, you can email us (hn@ycombinator.com) and we can work with you to correct the record.
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Hacker News should be a place where we don't settle for the weakest-possible interpretation of things (and the guidelines ask that of us, at least in replies to comments and submissions). Gore didn't say “I invented” or “I created
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The guidelines apply regardless of the topic, and regardless of who you're replying to. There's no point having guidelines if we only apply them in cases where it's popular. For the record, this is the comment that dang repli
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I'm not sure how it's plausible that we would (1) want to host something like what you're describing, and then (2) completely scrub it and pretend it never happened. We don't ever delete anything from HN (except in rare
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Can you share a link or any identifying words that would enable us to know exactly what you're referring to? Dang and I monitor this site throughout the day, every day, and we have no idea what you mean. If it was a "prominent AMA
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Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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No he didn’t. Please don’t post lame comments like this on HN. The guidelines make it clear we’re trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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My intention was to be friendly, at least at the end. I characterize it as fulminating due to the use of capitalization (which is specifically against the guidelines), along with an overall belligerent tone. It’s just not a cutthroat enough
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Please don’t fulminate like this. It’s obviously a debatable matter. It’s not like we can do a DNA paternity test :) I originally took a cue from the Wikipedia page, which says, in the opening sentence, that he is recognized as one of “the
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“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” That is not a claim that he “created the Internet”. He, of anybody, knows that sponsoring legislation to enable the creation of a thing is no
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To me it counts as a trope and the guidelines ask as to avoid posting Internet tropes, for the very reason that they’re more likely to elicit a groan than a laugh. We’d love to see good jokes on HN, but they’re a precious rarity. (See http
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It’s dispiriting when someone has to chime in with the predictable/lame comment on any topic. We want HN to be better than that.
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I had already looked up the full quote; it’s right there with the full context in the Al Gore and information technology Wikipedia article [1]. In a 1999 interview with Wolf Blitzer, he said “During my service in the United States Congres
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Thanks! We’ve updated the title.
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Please don’t post snarky or low-substance comments on HN. As another commenter has pointed out, Vint Cerf himself credits Gore as playing a significant role in enabling the Internet’s emergence. He didn’t claim to have “invented” it.
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Previously... How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28463482 - Sept 2021 (291 comments)
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The passing of laws that affect technology platforms has always been on topic on HN. That shouldn't be surprising on a site that's specifically for people interested in technology and tech industry topics.
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We've banned this account for repeatedly posting egregious comments over several years. This is not what HN is for and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Please just flag comments like this, and if you're feeling extra helpful, email us (hn@ycombinator.com).
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We've banned this account.
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Yeah, the topic or policy is irrelevant; it’s important to keep to the guidelines, and that includes being kind, and not posting flamebait or engaging in ideological battle.
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Please don't post off-topic flamebait on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: I've reviewed your last few dozen comme
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Please don't make comments wishing that people – or groups of people – could “die off faster”. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. We've asked you at least once before not to post abusive comments. We
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Please don't comment like this. We ask users not to post generated comments, but we also don't want snarky accusations like this. If a comment seems suspect, you can flag it or email us (hn@ycombinator.com).
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We've banned this account for repeatedly posting egregiously abusive comments. If you're the longtime user that you've claimed to be, you surely know this is unacceptable.
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I understand you have personal reasons for having strong feelings about this. But the guidelines still apply, otherwise there'd be no point in having them. The problem with posting comments in an inflammatory, enraged style is that the
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Please don't fulminate on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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We've banned this account.

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