Yes, but as I am in regular contact with mods via email, they know who I am and so the message is gaslighting the user in this specific case regarding me because it is simply wrong. I wasn’t posting too fast, as that isn’t what the mods told me when I asked why I had this restriction on my account. I understand not telling bots that they’re detected, but I’m not a bot, either.
More to the point, the message is unhelpful because posting slower will not lift the restriction, from what I can tell. Only mod action can lift the restriction if I understand correctly. Perhaps I am wrong and there is a time decay on that particular restriction. I could ask over email, but I think the wider HN community benefits when I post better, and historically I have had this restriction a fair few times. I don’t mean to, but I do, and it’s because I post too many times in a short window. So the posting too fast message is correct and incorrect at the same time: the restriction was placed due to posting too fast, and yet, when the restriction trips in the future, I see the same message even though I may be posting upvoted content. So the posting too fast message and flamewar detection functions are not themselves rubrics or markers of quality, yet they are used to restrict accounts imperceptibly, so knowing how to best post on HN so as to not be restricted by otherwise good posting is helpful to know, and the posting too fast error is confusing to me, as a native English speaker. I can’t do anything with that info at the time I see it, because I’ve already decided I want to post when it trips. Just let me schedule the post on that screen instead of telling me I’m posting too fast.
This feels like a “missing stair” problem.
I reply to people on the site and submit posts. Other people use macros and scripts to make automated posts and because they don’t trip the flamewar detector, they are allowed. This isn’t necessary bad or wrong, but I think proper labeling of account restrictions is a good thing for users so they know that they are and can improve their actions and behavior.
> Other people use macros and scripts to make automated posts and because they don’t trip the flamewar detector, they are allowed. This isn’t necessary bad or wrong,
That said, bots and generated comments are against HN guidelines. I don’t mean to say or imply in the above that simply because others get away with bad behavior that it justifies my own shortcomings. I only mean to say that using the site doesn’t come naturally to me, and the language used to direct user actions on the site re: posting too fast is lacking in actionable information.
More to the point, the message is unhelpful because posting slower will not lift the restriction, from what I can tell. Only mod action can lift the restriction if I understand correctly. Perhaps I am wrong and there is a time decay on that particular restriction. I could ask over email, but I think the wider HN community benefits when I post better, and historically I have had this restriction a fair few times. I don’t mean to, but I do, and it’s because I post too many times in a short window. So the posting too fast message is correct and incorrect at the same time: the restriction was placed due to posting too fast, and yet, when the restriction trips in the future, I see the same message even though I may be posting upvoted content. So the posting too fast message and flamewar detection functions are not themselves rubrics or markers of quality, yet they are used to restrict accounts imperceptibly, so knowing how to best post on HN so as to not be restricted by otherwise good posting is helpful to know, and the posting too fast error is confusing to me, as a native English speaker. I can’t do anything with that info at the time I see it, because I’ve already decided I want to post when it trips. Just let me schedule the post on that screen instead of telling me I’m posting too fast.
This feels like a “missing stair” problem.
I reply to people on the site and submit posts. Other people use macros and scripts to make automated posts and because they don’t trip the flamewar detector, they are allowed. This isn’t necessary bad or wrong, but I think proper labeling of account restrictions is a good thing for users so they know that they are and can improve their actions and behavior.