Indeed. On reddit, everything needs to be a joke. That's what gets upvoted. On HN, everything needs to show some depth and insight. That's what gets upvoted.

Indeed. On reddit, everything needs to be a joke. That's what gets upvoted. On HN, everything needs to show some depth and insight. That's what gets upvoted. If HN readers want to read an endless stream of jokes, they will go to reddit. I'm sure most of us have reddit accounts. We go to different websites for different purposes. Not rocket surgery.