Yes, generated comments aren't allowed here and that has been the case since before GPTs. HN is for humans.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
(see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22427782 and similar)
We haven't added a specific rule to the guidelines about it (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) but we may end up having to.
What's tricky is that accusing other commenters of being bots/AIs is, at the same time, a new twist on the "you're a shill/astroturfer/troll/bot/spy" etc. swipe that internet users love to hurl at each other, and which we do have a guideline against (for good reason).
Between those two rules (or quasi-rules) there's a lot of room to get things wrong and I'm sorry I misread the above case!
Thank you. Maybe you can remove my slow-ban, and we'll call it even: HN often tells me I am posting too fast, which makes me think my account was flagged at some point.
That is a separate question, and it would be better sent to hn@ycombinator.com (this is in https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html btw). But since you asked here, I'll respond here:
We rate limit accounts when they post too many low-quality comments and/or get involved in flamewars. I'd be happy to take the rate limit off your account, but when I look at your recent comments, I still see too many that match that description:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43086219
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43073768
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42528111
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42301901
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42242363
If you want to build up a track record of using HN as intended for a while, you'd be welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and we can take a look and hopefully take the rate limit off your account.
I see. I guess succinctness is punished here. I guess I'll use AI to puff up my comments in the future. Thanks!
For reference, the GGGP comment was generated using this prompt:
Succinctness isn't the issue.