Is it wanted/wise to show validators from other people’s submissions in the Community section of the clash contributions?
I understand it helps to find and debug possible issues/typos in the validators but some may also be tempted to prepare hardcoded solutions, especially in cases where the problem is complex and the output is simple.
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It’s not a bigger problem than the copy/paste. But it can be a problem for shortest mode (hardcode solutions are most of time shorter).
Now that we have puzzle moderators, maybe the validators should be hidden from regular users?
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That would prevent regular users from finding validator bugs. You might as well prevent them from seeing puzzles altogether.
Well that’s supposed to be the job of the puzzle mods 
Is it? (can’t find any info about that anywhere)
I usually do it when I try them out. Along with a warning for spec holes discovered only through to-be-hidden validators.
Admittedly, it’s only a real problem for shortest clashes and even so it’s only potential.