I think the voting system is working as intended. One thing that's lame about Reddit is that the first few comments from a story are jokes and one-liners; jokes

I think the voting system is working as intended. One thing that's lame about Reddit is that the first few comments from a story are jokes and one-liners; jokes written in forums are rarely funny, and they typically don't add anything insightful. So I think it's great that jokes are typically downvoted here.