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I've noticed the opposite. I see more jokes than before and they don't seem to be downvoted when I'm around. The jokes aren't even clever; just low reaching one

by gareim 11y ago

I've noticed the opposite. I see more jokes than before and they don't seem to be downvoted when I'm around. The jokes aren't even clever; just low reaching ones just like on reddit.

jnbiche 11y ago
Can you cite one, please? I'd like to see an example of a comment considered to be Reddit-like that isn't downvoted on HN to diminished visibility.
- Jach 11y ago
  They are all over, I think it's easy to spot them. Here's one I saw earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10433865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10433865 While HN has with exceptional moderation effort made this place "nice", as opposed to the generally "mean" Reddit, it's optimized for a certain kind of niceness that doesn't necessarily align with the hacker aesthetic, and reddit's brand of rudeness is just one characteristic of reddit, general low quality comments are the problem. Quality has been declinining since at least https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403696 and on the aesthetic side I think this thread sums up what's good and bad about the site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8214343 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8214343 (The bad: complaining about the name, political correctness in general.)
BinaryIdiot 11y ago
Jokes seem inconsistent on HN. Sometimes I'll see a good, quick one and it'll be upvoted (which honestly I'm fine with; jokes are fun) and sometimes they'll be downvoted immediately. But the common theme I always noticed with jokes and HN is that, even when they're upvoted, they don't turn into mega pun threads like Reddit's do. I rarely see a joke just keep going on HN. In the end I think the HN and Reddit audiences are different. Yeah there is overlap but I don't think there is a ton of overlap.
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I've noticed the opposite. I see more jokes than before and they don't seem to be downvoted when I'm around. The jokes aren't even clever; just low reaching one

by gareim 11y ago

I've noticed the opposite. I see more jokes than before and they don't seem to be downvoted when I'm around. The jokes aren't even clever; just low reaching ones just like on reddit.

jnbiche 11y ago
Can you cite one, please? I'd like to see an example of a comment considered to be Reddit-like that isn't downvoted on HN to diminished visibility.
- Jach 11y ago
  They are all over, I think it's easy to spot them. Here's one I saw earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10433865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10433865 While HN has with exceptional moderation effort made this place "nice", as opposed to the generally "mean" Reddit, it's optimized for a certain kind of niceness that doesn't necessarily align with the hacker aesthetic, and reddit's brand of rudeness is just one characteristic of reddit, general low quality comments are the problem. Quality has been declinining since at least https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403696 and on the aesthetic side I think this thread sums up what's good and bad about the site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8214343 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8214343 (The bad: complaining about the name, political correctness in general.)
BinaryIdiot 11y ago
Jokes seem inconsistent on HN. Sometimes I'll see a good, quick one and it'll be upvoted (which honestly I'm fine with; jokes are fun) and sometimes they'll be downvoted immediately. But the common theme I always noticed with jokes and HN is that, even when they're upvoted, they don't turn into mega pun threads like Reddit's do. I rarely see a joke just keep going on HN. In the end I think the HN and Reddit audiences are different. Yeah there is overlap but I don't think there is a ton of overlap.
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