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I don't know why you're being downvoted, but I found this funny, just like the submission. There's sometimes an awful lot of po-faced folks on HN, even when the
by teh_klev 6y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted, but I found this funny, just like the submission. There's sometimes an awful lot of po-faced folks on HN, even when the post is funny and heartwarming.
- saagarjha 6y agoSome (quite misguided) people on Hacker News think the site shouldn't accept humor in any form.
- systemvoltage 6y agoWe should allow rare exceptions, such as this instance.
- saagarjha 6y agoOh, we totally do. Usually these people are just killjoys or accustomed to humor not doing well on the site because it ends up in the bucket of being low-quality and is penalized as such.
- systemvoltage 6y agoI think humor should be less than 1% of the content on this site TBH. There are a lot of ways to get entertainment on the internet. I come to HN for serious conversation and insight. I also think it should be like little gems sprinkled here and there to break the pattern. Any more and it desensitizes me - this is why I don't like going to Reddit.
- cambalache 6y agoThat's why I wouldnt have a beer with 95% or so of this site. They wouldnt want it either, so it is fair, thank god.
- saalweachter 6y agoEh, what's the point in collecting karma if you're not occasionally going to spend it on a bad pun or a good joke? It's not like it buys anything else.
- effingwewt 6y agoThis could be cool, at least in theory. But after thinking it over, then we'd have people farming points, which would probably lead to lower quality of all forms of participation. Maybe if it were to be spent on like adding notes about posts/comments or something purely fluff/sparkle. Different color schemes maybe?