I appreciate the no-humour approach in HN greatly. Almost every other forum is full of people trying to be funny. This basically infects the culture of the foru

I appreciate the no-humour approach in HN greatly. Almost every other forum is full of people trying to be funny. This basically infects the culture of the forum, and crowds out most other kinds of conversation. I find the types of jokes people are likely to make about technology, or about interesting/engaging articles, very tedious. I also think a lot of the jokes are simply cynical. I would much rather read comments that are earnest, than comments that were flippant.