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by tomhow 8mo ago
The point is that the topic doesn’t matter, and whether you or I like the content doesn’t matter. The HN community and moderation team have come to a consensus that only original human-authored writing has a place here. There are only 30 pl
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Do you think it is LLM-generated or not? And how are you making that assessment?
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by tomhow 8mo ago
HN Mod here. Is the date on the post an error? It says Feb 2025 but the project seems new. I initially went to put a date reference on the HN title but then realised it's more likely a mistake on your post.
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Thanks! Macroexpanded... The Windows 95 User Interface: A Case Study in Usability Engineering (1996) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330899 - Aug 2016 (72 comments)
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Users flagged it and there were several reports that it seems likely to be LLM-generated. Please email us (hn@ycombinator.com) to communicate with the mods. We don't get alerted to mentions of usernames and we don't get even close
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by tomhow 8mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191232
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191232 .
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191232 .
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Latest update of the page archived here: https://archive.ph/VqSqj
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Please don’t do this here.
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by tomhow 8mo ago
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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by tomhow 8mo ago
Fixed, thanks!
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by tomhow 8mo ago
[under-the-rug stub] [see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45988611 for explanation]
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by tomhow 8mo ago
It’s fine to just flag things and move on. We’re considering adding additional parameters to the flag function, but till then, emailing us with “LLM?” in the subject and the comment ID/URL in the body is great, and should be faster for
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Done.
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by tomhow 8mo ago
We already go further than that: we try to look at every single flagged comment, and for any that are egregious, we look further into their history and consider banning them. In this discussion, however, you’re asserting that there are many
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Sure, and we've banned the account, but please email us with these hn@ycombinator.com. @mentions don't work on HN; I only saw it because I was looking through the thread. We're also asking people not to make these accusation
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Could you please email us (hn@ycombinator.com) a screenshot of what you see here? https://news.ycombinator.com/upvoted?id=DSingularity
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Could you please email us (hn@ycombinator.com) a screenshot of what you see here? https://news.ycombinator.com/upvoted?id=ChoGGi
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Mathematical quality scoring doesn’t work well for moderation of human behaviour in a community. Context matters a lot. Feelings influence people’s conduct and perception of others’ conduct a great deal. A user may get huge numbers of upvot
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173121 .
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Sure, I was just addressing the apparent dissatisfaction that some accounts remain active despite posting “moronic” comments, and pointing out that we can't moderate HN according to our judgement of someone's comments being “moron
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by tomhow 8mo ago
> ThE sToCk Is UnDeRvAlUeD Please don't post sneering comments on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tomhow 8mo ago
> There are some trolls in here that seemingly evade getting banned despite their moronic comments... As moderators we can only judge comments according to the guidelines, and can only ban accounts if they repeatedly breach them. You&#x2
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Please don't post generic flamebait involving comparisons between nations/regions on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better than this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.ht
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Updated, thanks!
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by tomhow 8mo ago
We've banned this account. You can't post vile comments like this, no matter who or what it's about, and we obviously have to ban accounts that do this if we're to have any standards at all. You've been warned befor
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Sure, and we've banned the account, but please email us rather than posting comments like this. hn@ycombinator.com.
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by tomhow 8mo ago
Please don't post LLM output on HN. If an article is unreadable, we accept a link to an archived version of the original content (on a site like Archive.org or Archive.today), not a summary, because then people comment in response to t

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