I'm not crazy about this:

> We acknowledge that many developers have started to embrace LLMs as a tool in their workflows. Some use it extensively and rarely code by hand, others delegate only specific tasks to it. We understand that you want to know how the change affects your projects going forward. While we can't give an easy answer, we'll share some remarks that should address most of the concerns raised in the discussion.

Where terms and conditions are concerned I really do value "easy answers".

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matheusmoreira 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They have no idea what "slop" is. They don't want to have to define it with any precision. Ironically, these rules will be enforced based on vibes.

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close04 10 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe they use the definition from the HN guidelines [0]:

> Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for conversation between humans.

Does this change your view of HN? Of Codeberg? Of vibe enforced rules?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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what an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

They will just put it to user vote, same way all their policy is decided.

> The second vote was more controversial, but was also accepted with 358 agreements vs 144 disagreements (and 14 abstentions), with a high voter turn-out of around 50% of active members.

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hparadiz an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Basically a popularity contest. It's high school all over again.

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DANmode an hour ago | parent | next [-]

High School keeps being funded, though.

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squigz an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

What do you propose is a better way of deciding things?

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drdaeman 20 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Deliberative democracy is a thing.

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hparadiz an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Sometimes the right move is to do nothing.

	▲	squigz 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		And sometimes, decisions have to be made.

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matheusmoreira an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

No thanks. I get enough of that bullshit in my own country.

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what an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe you shouldn’t use a platform that lets the users vote on policy then?

> The second vote was more controversial, but was also accepted with 358 agreements vs 144 disagreements (and 14 abstentions), with a high voter turn-out of around 50% of active members.