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Actually, this comment hasn't been downvoted. However I now see that the "fresh prince" theme song was actually a "wrapper" around another hideous pornographic

by dools 16y ago

Actually, this comment hasn't been downvoted. However I now see that the "fresh prince" theme song was actually a "wrapper" around another hideous pornographic story. Sorry for mentioning it. In short, people don't come here to be entertained, they come here to learn and to share I go everywhere to be entertained, learn and share. Humour is an inextricable part of humanity and if you're not humourous, you're in-human. I find your response to my comment that HN is no populated by the humourless not humourful, not useful and not informative. Yet I still can't downvote your comment. Oh well, at least I can see the humour in it.

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
Well, perhaps I just didn't make my point well enough, but perhaps I should just quote Samuel Johnson: > 'I have found you an argument: but I am > not obliged to find you an understanding.' My experience is that comments that are informative and useful don't get downvoted. Comments that contain purely a witty remark or humorous aside do get downvoted. But those rare comments that are informative and humorous get upvoted lots. The conclusion I've come to, and the model I work with, is that people here appreciate humor as much as anyone else, but that humor alone is discouraged. Take that as you will. It's an empirical observation, and it makes excellent predictions. And you can't downvote me firstly because it's a reply to you, and additionally because you haven't been here long enough and participated enough to earn the karma to exceed the threshold. Generally the karma is correlated with gaining experience of how things work - the karma threshold is there to prevent people from downvoting and flagging inappropriately before they've had the chance to learn how the owner wants things to work around there. Sometimes it's not enough.
- dools 16y ago
  how the owner wants things to work around there bingo.
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by dools 16y ago

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago

Well, perhaps I just didn't make my point well enough, but perhaps I should just quote Samuel Johnson: > 'I have found you an argument: but I am > not obliged to find you an understanding.' My experience is that comments that are informative and useful don't get downvoted. Comments that contain purely a witty remark or humorous aside do get downvoted. But those rare comments that are informative and humorous get upvoted lots. The conclusion I've come to, and the model I work with, is that people here appreciate humor as much as anyone else, but that humor alone is discouraged. Take that as you will. It's an empirical observation, and it makes excellent predictions. And you can't downvote me firstly because it's a reply to you, and additionally because you haven't been here long enough and participated enough to earn the karma to exceed the threshold. Generally the karma is correlated with gaining experience of how things work - the karma threshold is there to prevent people from downvoting and flagging inappropriately before they've had the chance to learn how the owner wants things to work around there. Sometimes it's not enough.

dools 16y ago
how the owner wants things to work around there bingo.
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