Comment land is usually pretty laissez-faire. That said, there are a few things we can’t abide, like:

• Shilling
• Excessive trolling
• Trying to break the comment system

Our society must be purged of these dangerous elements. Cock your rifles, johnnies.

too_much_hate: Pretending to be a customer when they’re obviously just fronting for the sleazy lawncare company company we reported on.

Narnia: Willfully seeding unclosed format tags in the comments area.

Hotsuma: Calling someone afflicted by a compulsive shopping disorder a “dumb b!t(h.” [sic] Go back to Kotaku, noob.

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