Maybe just adding down-vote to submissions would do?

jagged-chisel 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We have “flag”

As far as I understand, "flagging" is intended for things that break the guidelines. AI-generated content is explicitly banned, but only in comments, not submissions.

I think it would be great if AI-generated submissions were outright banned as they fundamentally break the balance of effort that HN was built upon, but as was already stated by another user, YC is heavily invested in AI so there's a conflict of interest there.

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al_borland 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Not posting for self promotion is in the guidelines. I have to assume anyone pushing out AI articles is primarily looking for traffic and self promotion, as they didn’t care enough about the topic to write their own opinion.

	▲	minimaxir 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Self promotion isn't banned, otherwise Show HNs wouldn't exist. The exact guideline, emphasis mine: > Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
	▲	add-sub-mul-div 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Do the guidelines even matter if they're not enforced? This place is drowning in AI shovelware submissions from accounts that are only used for self promotion.

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JimsonYang 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hn rarely allows people to downvote,only after you become an active member for many years

And im sure this was designed in order to encourage positive discussion

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jagged-chisel 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There is no longer a downvote on submissions.

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JimsonYang 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you know the reason? Allowing down voting on comments but not on submissions?

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al_borland 4 hours ago | parent [-]

This could be a false memory, but I think it’s the idea that the submission downvotes should be reserved for things that break the rules, and in that case, the post should be flagged instead.

	▲	what 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Shouldn’t that be the case for comments too then?

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ranger_danger 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As for the ability to downvote comments, my understanding is that the only requirement is having at least 500 karma.