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This is one of those things that I did not realize kills discourse until I experienced a community that mainly posts serious content and discussion. Reddit now
by DangitBobby 6y ago
This is one of those things that I did not realize kills discourse until I experienced a community that mainly posts serious content and discussion. Reddit now is particularly bad as each thread is sea of quips, one-liners, and trashtalk which pretty much floods out the pond of interesting discussion. "Funny" can be a great thing, but if that's all anyone ever tries to offer, it becomes very tiresome.
- anaerobicover 6y agoI agree. Cheap/stupid jokes mostly get downvoted here, and it's one of the things I like about HN!
- mattmanser 6y agoTo be fair to reddit, there are plenty of subreddits that have similar policies (e.g. /r/science). It works most of the time apart from when a particular post ends up x-posted or on /r/popular or something similar.