I've been (once again) pondering what to do about an A̶̤̹͕̠͕͌̈͒̆̓Ǐ̸͇̗͌̈̾̈͜͠ policy page on my site.
I was sure I'd make one, even planning to be extra snide with it too, a /fuck-ḁ̵͛i̸̺̙̲̞͘/ url and everything, but to be honest, now I'm not sure I should bother having a page for it _at all_
I'm a hater for sure, but do I need a page to disclose that? I think for any dev pals that might follow me, they know that already.
Is potential client #103 that wants a site for their dog walking business going to give a shit? Probably not.
Well what about potential client #104? They're tired of A̴̧̢̨̡̻̞̝̜̩̺͉̲̗̺̰͕͉̽́̊̈́̔I̶̢̟͈̦̪͓̗̫̽̈̓̓̉͂̆̒̑̿̒́͑͘̚ in all the things just like me, and they specifically wanted to hire someone that doesn't use it.
Well, my /dev/ and/or /service-#/ page should cover that already, where I can put emphasis on the human-made, the whimsy, the giving-a-damn.
Having such a policy page linked in the footer makes it an easy page to find, and I've certainly benefited before when checking out sites and seeing they had one.
At least I think I did? but I probably already had an idea, or would have found out soon enough anyway.
Such an easy to find page could just as easily attract the ire of those that _love_ Ạ̵̫̬̍́̔̎Ḯ̷̤̯̳̰̆̈́̓͋̚̚ and want to send me mean emails that they didn't write themselves.
I don't know if such messages would bother me or not (They probably would lol), but it'd be draining all the same.
I'm beyond tired of it, seeing it, seeing folks talk about it, and _it_ occupying my mind at all. This post even! 😅
While I might one day write negatively about it in my /notebook/ (blog) I don't know if such a prominent policy page is going going to be of much use at all.
It's now I realise I need to start writing in longer paragraph blocks 🤦
@hejchristian ai policy small in the footer next the other like privacy and such.
if you are to write one, i'd suggest wrtiing a professional one, clean language, making your position clear without judgement or - i forgot the word, like harsh words or you know things folks might say on here about it. I think the word is maybe "admonishing" or "demonizing".
@crisverstraeten That’s a real good point, and I’ve been giving it some thought since reading your message. Thanks!
While I do hold judgement, it’s not somthing I blanket-cover over anyone and everyone who might have dabbled with it or been forced to use at work.
While I would have ironed out my meaning on the page, such an angry start certainly isn’t going help anything.
(I can’t guarantee that a blog post about some unrelated topic two clicks away won’t contains swears tho 😅)
@crisverstraeten Thank you again for this 🙏 Literally one of my concerns about having such a page at all (getting negative emails and such) is lessened right away if I just don't stomp around all angry about it on the page 😅 Going to make one in the end, it'll just be clear, simple, and _clean_
@hejchristian cheers Christian, I'm glad the suggestion landed.
@hejchristian "I'm a hater for sure, but do I need a page to disclose that?" — Yes! We need to counteract the pushers' narrative and show that there's a lot of us, and the matter is not settled. Thanks for doing your part! (And some day I'll get to my own web page too, thanks for the inspiration.)
I guess where I'm feeling a bit lost on the whole standalone policy/page idea, is I'm not confident in it helping to counteract anything. What actually got me dwelling about this again is seeing it do the opposite, it inviting negative messages.
@hejchristian negative messaging is for sure to be expected, it's the Internet after all :-) Most of the folks who agree with you will probably do so silently.
I'm judging this simply by my own reaction: whenever I see a creator or a techie declaring their ant-AI stance, it gives me the validation to my own stance.
I hadn't thought of it like that - that's actually a really nice point, thanks.
I think I have had that same validation to my stance, by seeing other devs (especially those I look up to) reject it. and I guess having such a page, makes that all happen just a bit quicker.
Oct 7, 2026, 6:49 PM@hejchristian I like the idea of an AI policy page; it doesn't have to be complicated. I've been using something very simple for my projects' "LLM Contribution Policy" as I move things over to Codeberg.
![Screenshot of a portion of the Readme from my Mornington Crescent interactive debugger's repo on Codeberg. The excerpt reads:
Requirements
This project is written in vanilla ES2015 with no external dependencies, and has been tested as running directly in Chromium 51 and Firefox 48; other browsers may have issues interpreting the syntax.
(Update for 2026: This has now been tested working in Chrome 154.)
LLM Contribution Policy
[Insert of an image: Bugs Bunny enunciating the word "no"]](https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/117/401/118/447/142/954/original/8b4d84af1a15b023.png)
@Two9A Aha, love that - yeah it can be nice and simple :) I just worry it'd be used as an easy target for negative message I'd rather not deal with.
and then I'm not sure the benefit for folks that would already know, or otherwise not care to know if that makes sense? despite my always-online brain and everyone around me talking about it, there's still heaps of folks out there that aren't aware/don't care and wouldn't click through on such a policy page IMO 🤔
I suppose it depends more on expected potential clients too.
Majority of the folks I've done work for had no criteria for _how_ I did my work. I would try detailing all the things I'm doing and at the end of it they'd tell me they didn't understand a thing 😅
Oct 7, 2026, 7:08 PM@hejchristian Mm, if your clients tend to be more matter-of-fact and "as long as it gets done, don't bother me with how", it becomes more of a personal value than something that needs an announcement page.
@Two9A Right? and so then I'm not sticking other personal values down in my footer on every page of my site either.
and for potential client that wouldn't want me to use it - I wonder if my dev page (that will describe my how) or after first contact, would be enough.
Maybe this is all a pointless dwelling of the day 😅 thanks for your input tho 🙏
Oct 8, 2026, 2:25 AM@hejchristian I would vote for such page on your site. As I would definitely share your site to my friends in China and they don't know you.
@heybran Thanks, that's a good point along with the others folks have mentioned. After sleeping on it, I've decided I will add one after all then, just not with the pissy attitude and swearing 😅
I'll keep it simple, clear, and clean. Maybe expand on some points, but not too much. One of my concerns that caused this spiral, was that I might get negative emails... and well, yeah, had I gone about it the way I planned before, that certainly wouldn't help. Adding fuel to fire for no reason lol
Oct 9, 2026, 4:20 AM@hejchristian Hrmm, why would you get negative emails?
@heybran No guarantee I would, and I'd hope I wouldn't - but I've seen some other devs receive negative messages/emails from their anti-AI stance, so it could happen. Depending on my attitude and how I write such a policy page could factor in to that I guess.
Oct 9, 2026, 8:09 AM@hejchristian Oh damn, how could someone send negative messages/emails to those devs who's anti-AI. We're living in a crazy time.
@heybran I guess some folks just like to troll or be cruel for no reason other than they can :/
I've seen it across all sorts of topics too, unfortunately.