Comment by dang
3 years ago
I'm sorry, because I realize this is well-intentioned, but we don't allow bots to post to HN so I have to ban this account.
The reason we don't allow bots is that we're trying to optimize for curious conversation, and that requires human beings taking a personal interest in a topic and/or each other.
As kylehotchkiss points out, individual HN users do frequently post links to archived versions of articles.
So I understand that you want to facilitate conversations, and Thats exactly what this is doing. By automating out an annoyance, and providing more access to everyone, it allows more people to read and participate in the discussion
It adds an automated annoyance to something that users already take care of whenever needed.