Comment by zamadatix

1 day ago

Just flag and go, or report directly in email if you feel the account isn't being cleaned up quick enough. There is a good chance such accounts will end up being bots anyways.

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cassianoleal  1 day ago

It's good that GP posted that. I didn't initially clock that it was AI slop. Their message prompted me to look at the poster profile, which immediately showed this was a bot. That in turn meant I downvoted that message, which increases the signal that it's a bot. The community has something to gain from it. Downvotes are not strong, visible signals. A message it.

  • zamadatix  1 day ago

    Flagging != downvoting, be sure to actually flag. Flagging & moving on or emailing is the advice of the guidelines. I don't think replying is something GP should have been downvoted themselves for though.

  • crefiz  1 day ago

    How can you downvote anything? I see not such button on my HN UI

    • zamadatix  1 day ago

      The downvote feature requires even more karma to unlock. Something like >500 IIRC. Downvoting is only possible on comments (not stories) and a down arrow will just appear (no settings to change etc) below the up arrow once you qualify.