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I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by urbandw311er »

robinsonb5 wrote: post #461
urbandw311er wrote: post #431

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do we though? It’s an important question about liberty - at what point does a business become so large that it’s not allowed to decide who gets to use it? There was a famous case here in the UK of a cake shop that banned a customer for wanting a cake made for a gay wedding because it was contra the owners’ religious beliefs. That was taken all the way up to the Supreme Court IIRC.

For me the liberty question you raised there isn't so much about whether the business has become large, as whether it's become "infrastructure". Being denied service by a cake shop may very well be distressing and hurtful, but being suddenly denied service by your bank, your mobile phone provider, or even (especially?) by gmail can turn your entire life upside down.

Yes I’d tend to agree with you there. But being able to define that tipping point where something becomes “infrastructure” even if it’s still privately owned and isn’t a monopoly, is a difficult problem to solve.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by steve1977 »

bastard_op wrote: post #108

I've been doing something a lot like this, using a claude-desktop instance attached to my personal mcp server to spawn claude-code worker nodes for things, and for a month or two now it's been working great using the main desktop chat as a project manager of sorts. I even started paying for MAX plan as I've been using it effectively to write software now (I am NOT a developer). Lately it's gotten entirely flaky, wher…

> Now even worse is Claude seemingly has no real support channel. You get their AI bot, and that's about it

This made me chuckle.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by snowmobile »

chii wrote: post #311
indiantinker wrote: post #210

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965

So why didn't this happen with electricity, water and food, but would with thinking capacity?

> How is thinking different from electricity?

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Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by ssl-3 »

another_twist wrote: post #483
wouldbecouldbe wrote: post #479

I dont know what really happened here. Maybe his curse word did prompt a block, maybe something else caused the block. But to be honest I've been cursing a lot to Claude Code, im migrating a website from WordPress to NextJS. And regardless of my instructions I copy paste every prompt I send it keeps not listening and assuming css classes & simpliying HTML structure. But when I curse it actually listens, I think cursi…

Use caps. DO NOT DO X. works like a charm on codex.

From my own observations with OpenAI's bots, it seems like there's nuanced levels.

"Don't do that" is one level. It's weak, but it is directive. It often gets ignored.

"DON'T DO THAT" is another. It may have stronger impact, but it's not much better -- the enhanced capitalization probably tokenizes about the same as the previous mixed-case command, and seems to get about the same result. It can feel good to HAMMER THAT OUT when frustrated, but the caps don't really seem to add much value even though our intent may for it to be interpreted as very deliberate shouting.

"Don't do that, fuckface" is another. The addition of an emphatic and profane quip of an insult seems to generally improve compliance, and produce less occurrence of the undesired behavior. No extra caps required.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by ketzu »

netsharc wrote: post #277
epolanski wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tangential but you reminded me of why I don't give feedback to people I interview. It's a huge risk and you have very low benefit. It once happened to me to interview a developer who's had a 20-something long list of "skills" and technologies he worked with. I tried basic questions on different topics but the candidate would kinda default to "haven't touched it in a while", "we didn't use that feature". Tried general…

I wonder if there needs to be an "NDA for feedback"... or at least a "non-disparagement agreement". Something along the lines of "here's the contract, we give you feedback, you don't make it public [is some sharing ok? e.g. if they want to ask their life coach or similar], if you make it public the penalty is $10000 [no need to be crazy punitive], and if you make it public you agree we can release our notes about you…

> Looking forward to the NALs responding why this is terrible.

My NAL guess is that it will go a little like this:

* Candidate makes disparaging post on reddit/HN. * Gets many responses rallying behind him. * Company (if they notice at all) sues him for breach of Non-Disparagement-Agreement. * Candidate makes followup post/edit/comment about being sued for their post. * Gets even more responses rallying behind him.

Result: Company gets $10.000 and even more damage to their image.

(Of course it might discourage some people from making that post to begin with, which would have been the goal. You might never try to enforce the NDA to prevent the above situation. Then it's just a question of: Is the effort to draft the NDA worth the reduction in risk of negative exposure, when you can simply avoid all of it by not providing feedback.)

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by threecheese »

throwup238 wrote: post #117
bastard_op wrote: post #108

I've been doing something a lot like this, using a claude-desktop instance attached to my personal mcp server to spawn claude-code worker nodes for things, and for a month or two now it's been working great using the main desktop chat as a project manager of sorts. I even started paying for MAX plan as I've been using it effectively to write software now (I am NOT a developer). Lately it's gotten entirely flaky, wher…

Anthropic has been flying by the seat of their pants for a while now and it shows across the board. From the terminal flashing bug that’s been around for months to the lack of support to instabilities in Claude mobile and Code for the web (I get 10-20% message failure rates on the former and 5-10% on CC for web). They’re growing too fast and it’s bursting the seams of the company. If there’s ever a correction in the…

We’re an Anthropic enterprise customer, and somehow there’s a human developer of theirs on a call with us just about every week. Chatting, tips and tricks etc.

I think they are just focusing on where the dough is.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by snowmobile »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #203

The future (the PRESENT): You are only allowed to program computers with the permission of mega corporations. When Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini have banned you, you must leave the industry. When you sign up, you must provide legal assurance that no LLM has ever banned you (much like applying for insurance). If true then you will be denied permission to program - banned by one, banned by all.

I mean, nobody needs LLMs to program. Being banned may be a blessing in disguise, like being cut off at a bar, or banned from a casino.

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Post by kuerbel »

midtake wrote: post #494
chii wrote: post #311

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So why didn't this happen with electricity, water and food, but would with thinking capacity?

What do you mean? This is very much true. We are economically compelled to buy food from supermarkets, for instance, because hunting and fishing have become regulated, niche activities. Compared to someone from the 1600s who could scoop a salmon out of the river with a bucket, we are quite oppressed.

On the flip side, fishing quotas are the reason there are some fish left. However you are free to grow your own vegetables.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by Aeolun »

charcircuit wrote: post #357
throwup238 wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Consumers like predictable billing more than they care about getting the most bang for their buck and beancounters like sticky recurring revenue streams more than they care about maximizing the profit margins for every user.

I just like beong able to make like $250 of API calls for $20.

If only it was API calls. I like using it through claude code. But it would be infinitely more flexible if my $200 subscription worked through the API

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by eibrahim »

I did 10k worth of tokens in a month and never had issues with tokens or stuff. I am on the 100 dollar max plan so I did not pay 10k - my wife would have killed me lol

PS: screenshot of my usage (and that was during the holidays https://x.com/eibrahim/status/2006355823002538371?s=46

PPS: I LOVE CLAUDE but I never had to deal with their support so don’t have feedback there

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