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I think this is the third thread I've run across in the last few minutes where the top voted comment (by a lot) is some witty rejoinder, rather than an actual i
by timcederman 16y ago
I think this is the third thread I've run across in the last few minutes where the top voted comment (by a lot) is some witty rejoinder, rather than an actual interesting comment or consideration.
Not saying it should/shouldn't be like that, just making an observation (far be it from me to dictate to the community how it should act), and am surprised to see it on Hacker News.
- volare 16y agoThis is a reasonable comment. I'm further surprised to see you being down-voted.
- chipsy 16y agoWhen I saw this appear in the queue early in the morning, I thought to myself, "God, I hope this doesn't get front paged, it'll probably be full of Reddit-style one-liners." Sigh.
- apphacker 16y agoWhen I ever see such a witty statement, I chuckle, and then I downvote. I think our brains are somehow hardwired to click upvote buttons when something makes us laugh even though it contributes nothing else. I don't know if the upvotes of wit have done good things for fark, digg or reddit, but now I spend more time here than there so I downvote. I think that's how memes begin, and I'd hate to see memes on HN. This article is about the death of a meme, and I am glad to see it go.
- jrockway 16y agoWhenever I see people say they downvote other people, I chuckle, and then I downvote.