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I sat down one day and wrote some great puns and submitted them to this site. I just checked how many got published. Really disappointed, because it seems that

I sat down one day and wrote some great puns and submitted them to this site. I just checked how many got published. Really disappointed, because it seems that no pun in ten did... (sorry)

rolltiide 7y ago
What does my karma have to be before I get a downvote option, asking for myself.
- KineticLensman 7y ago
  500 last time I looked
  - have_faith 7y ago
    Is downvoting submissions a thing?
    - segfaultbuserr 7y ago
      Never.
      - have_faith 7y ago
        I thought so, but then who knows what magic powers are granted to the upper echelons with 10000+ points.
        segfaultbuserr 7y ago
        Well, the official rule says "no". But we can never know if @dang had secretly granted it. It's what makes HN having a bit of mythical fun ;-)
        saalweachter 7y ago
        At 10,000 karma, the downvote option gets taken away again. Then you need to get 500,000 karma to get it back.
        segfaultbuserr 7y ago
        Also, you can "flag". But I think it's only reserved for taking down partisan politics and flamewars (or other politically unpopular posts in Silicon Valley's standards), not (and I think should not) used for other purposes. But I guess there's nothing to prevent you from doing it anyway, the guideline says, > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. > Off-Topic: Most stories about [...] So yeah, feel free to flag, it's not abuse. The automatic threshold rule and the moderators have a final saying.
  - warent 7y ago
    I think it's 1000 now
    - jraph 7y ago
      It's between 500 (excl.) and 600 (incl.) as of last week. I saw the down arrows appear.
    - dang 7y ago
      It's 501. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606199
- onion2k 7y ago
  You'd only be undoing my upvote anyway.
- jraph 7y ago
  A number towards which this comment does not help you to go, apparently.
mrmonkeyman 7y ago
This is gold.
mehrdadn 7y ago
Here's a more uplifting pun. https://imgur.com/a/DtTIzU7 https://imgur.com/a/DtTIzU7

I sat down one day and wrote some great puns and submitted them to this site. I just checked how many got published. Really disappointed, because it seems that no pun in ten did... (sorry)

rolltiide 7y ago

What does my karma have to be before I get a downvote option, asking for myself.

KineticLensman 7y ago
500 last time I looked
- have_faith 7y ago
  Is downvoting submissions a thing?
  - segfaultbuserr 7y ago
    Never.
    - have_faith 7y ago
      I thought so, but then who knows what magic powers are granted to the upper echelons with 10000+ points.
      - segfaultbuserr 7y ago
        Well, the official rule says "no". But we can never know if @dang had secretly granted it. It's what makes HN having a bit of mythical fun ;-)
        saalweachter 7y ago
        At 10,000 karma, the downvote option gets taken away again. Then you need to get 500,000 karma to get it back.
      - segfaultbuserr 7y ago
        Also, you can "flag". But I think it's only reserved for taking down partisan politics and flamewars (or other politically unpopular posts in Silicon Valley's standards), not (and I think should not) used for other purposes. But I guess there's nothing to prevent you from doing it anyway, the guideline says, > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. > Off-Topic: Most stories about [...] So yeah, feel free to flag, it's not abuse. The automatic threshold rule and the moderators have a final saying.
- warent 7y ago
  I think it's 1000 now
  - jraph 7y ago
    It's between 500 (excl.) and 600 (incl.) as of last week. I saw the down arrows appear.
  - dang 7y ago
    It's 501. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606199
onion2k 7y ago
You'd only be undoing my upvote anyway.
jraph 7y ago
A number towards which this comment does not help you to go, apparently.

mrmonkeyman 7y ago

This is gold.

mehrdadn 7y ago

Here's a more uplifting pun. https://imgur.com/a/DtTIzU7 https://imgur.com/a/DtTIzU7