Since you&#x27;ve read the site guidelines, you know that HN is for stories that gratify <i>intellectual</i> curiosity. The curiosity in this case is of another, more intense nature. And you also know that purely sensational stories are deprecated.<p>It&#x27;s true that the moderation comments that I post are off-topic, but they&#x27;re the only way we know of to really disseminate knowledge of how the guidelines work in practice, and there&#x27;s a clear demand for that information by users. So the judgment call is that their benefit is greater than their cost, even though the cost is nontrivial.