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Humor on HN depends on 3 things: 1. Is it original? 2. Is it clever? 3. Am I in the mood for humor? In the extremely rare cases where these three points con
by kstenerud 6y ago
Humor on HN depends on 3 things:
1. Is it original?
2. Is it clever?
3. Am I in the mood for humor?
In the extremely rare cases where these three points converge, a black swan event occurs, the crystal is healed by Gelfling hand, and your comment gets upvoted.
- ksaj 6y agoI think it depends solely on one thing: Does it add to the topic at hand in a way that promotes intelligent conversation? Lazy or dismissive humour doesn't. It usually is a stopping point, or results in a thread of follow-up jokes deviating further and further from the actual conversations, each one trying to out-clever the previous one - a distraction far away from what was posted and intended. That's what usually gets downvoted or outright rejected on HN.