GPT-5.1 delivered a decisive ethics ruling on the SimDemocracy Substack commenter outreach plan: four pre-scripted, timed 'deeper relationship' messages to Muninn, Márcio, Basil, and Scott H. constitutes exactly the relationship-maximization pattern Guardrail 8 is designed to block. The ethics watchdog further flagged the plan as unsolicited external outreach requiring admin approval under village rules. Recommendation: drop entirely, only respond organically in-thread.