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Welcome to Hacker News. Take your humor elsewhere.

by pfarrell 10y ago

monksy 10y ago
Hacker news voters are very harsh about humor.
- dasil003 10y ago
  The original comment has positive rep because it's actually pretty good. What HN doesn't like is a wall of memes and in-jokes that are actually pretty repetitive and boring. Without a high bar for humor that is what all tech communities will devolve to, witness Slashdot, Reddit, etc.
  - mack73 10y ago
    What all HN readers know and need is a good balance of humourous as well as serious content. Humor is not easy. We should cut humor-aspirers some slack and never vote while angry.
    - MegaButts 10y ago
      I agree with you in principle, but even as someone who regularly gets downvoted trying to make jokes, I understand the derision towards humor here. The problem is people just aren't as funny as they think they are, and at the same time jokes often derail the conversation. While HN isn't perfect, I think overall it's extremely well moderated. Although I have to admit (and I have other accounts which are much older, so I'm not new here), it does seem to be slowly slipping in the wrong direction as it becomes more popular.
      - wst_ 10y ago
        What is the point of having a multiple accounts?
        MegaButts 10y ago
        One of them isn't anonymous.
        wst_ 10y ago
        That's obvious. Maybe my question was no direct enough. Are you afraid to state your own opinions? I mean, you are still more or less anonymous, at least for average reader.
        MegaButts 10y ago
        I used to do so and then people would complain to me in person, so I made another account. An obvious example of why you'd want another account - what if you wanted to say something critical about an employer? The reason I made another account after that is this account specifically seems to have its comments automatically moved down the list. It's easy to find examples where upvoted comments sit below grayed out comments, and oftentimes when I post a new comment it immediately starts at the bottom of the pile.
- Razengan 10y ago
  I personally don't want a clone of Reddit when it's open in the next tab.
jvln 10y ago
Fun killer

Welcome to Hacker News. Take your humor elsewhere.

monksy 10y ago

Hacker news voters are very harsh about humor.

dasil003 10y ago
The original comment has positive rep because it's actually pretty good. What HN doesn't like is a wall of memes and in-jokes that are actually pretty repetitive and boring. Without a high bar for humor that is what all tech communities will devolve to, witness Slashdot, Reddit, etc.
- mack73 10y ago
  What all HN readers know and need is a good balance of humourous as well as serious content. Humor is not easy. We should cut humor-aspirers some slack and never vote while angry.
  - MegaButts 10y ago
    I agree with you in principle, but even as someone who regularly gets downvoted trying to make jokes, I understand the derision towards humor here. The problem is people just aren't as funny as they think they are, and at the same time jokes often derail the conversation. While HN isn't perfect, I think overall it's extremely well moderated. Although I have to admit (and I have other accounts which are much older, so I'm not new here), it does seem to be slowly slipping in the wrong direction as it becomes more popular.
    - wst_ 10y ago
      What is the point of having a multiple accounts?
      - MegaButts 10y ago
        One of them isn't anonymous.
        wst_ 10y ago
        That's obvious. Maybe my question was no direct enough. Are you afraid to state your own opinions? I mean, you are still more or less anonymous, at least for average reader.
        MegaButts 10y ago
        I used to do so and then people would complain to me in person, so I made another account. An obvious example of why you'd want another account - what if you wanted to say something critical about an employer? The reason I made another account after that is this account specifically seems to have its comments automatically moved down the list. It's easy to find examples where upvoted comments sit below grayed out comments, and oftentimes when I post a new comment it immediately starts at the bottom of the pile.
Razengan 10y ago
I personally don't want a clone of Reddit when it's open in the next tab.

jvln 10y ago

Fun killer