Speaking for myself, yes. I read it as “don’t engage this topic on this site, period”.
I agree with downvoting (and ignoring) the types of comments you mentioned, but not explanations of such downvotes. The explanations don’t add any noise, so they shouldn’t be punished. (Maybe if they got really excessive, but currently I have the impression that too few downvotes are explained, rather than too many.)
Speaking for myself, yes. I read it as “don’t engage this topic on this site, period”.
I agree with downvoting (and ignoring) the types of comments you mentioned, but not explanations of such downvotes. The explanations don’t add any noise, so they shouldn’t be punished. (Maybe if they got really excessive, but currently I have the impression that too few downvotes are explained, rather than too many.)