Unrelated to the above, this is awful: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/23695 - I've refrained from replying, but I'd probably close + block

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh

Is there a shadow ban on Github? Could let spam bots have their own little world

apparently there is!?! https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/172282/is-github-shadowbanning-my-account-by-returning-404-to-other-users-who-access-my

I don't want to be mean to that author, I guess everyone is hustling now more than ever to be noticed, but I will close and ignore, and if they come back for more I will chat with them about community norms...

I don't want to be mean to that author,

Meh. My policy is simple. Someone doesn't have the courtesy and common decency to write to another human using their own words, they get perma-blocked. That's like, the barest of bare minimums

Hello, I’m just lurking and not a contributor. The linked PR is really bad and was tough to look at. Out of curiosity, does pants have AI assisted contribution guidelines?