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I used to think that, but /. comments devolved into dumb jokes around 2003-2005. Which I think is the main reason that hn down votes jokes so aggressively. I
by dec0dedab0de 5y ago
I used to think that, but /. comments devolved into dumb jokes around 2003-2005. Which I think is the main reason that hn down votes jokes so aggressively. I do like the meta-moderator system. however, without holding back mod points to begin with there is no incentive to do it.
- Shish2k 5y agoI haven’t visited /. for years so maybe out of date, but IIRC this was largely helped by separating voting from type - so even if a comment gets a lot of upvotes for being funny, my personal settings of “ignore funny comments” means I still get a decently high-quality signal, which is something I’ve not seen anywhere else
- smhenderson 5y agoI know why people don't like them and I get that you are correct that it got pretty absurd on /. around the time period you mentioned. But I miss the jokes sometimes. I have to resist the urge to reference Rob Malda when I'm reading HN occasionally.
- cmdrtaco 5y agoNo way, that guy is the best.
- esyir 5y agoGood the main issue with jokes is they're the text equivalent of a Meme pic or "look what I did" type post. Easy to consume content with little actual meat. They attract upvotes easily when accepted because of that lack of substance. Without a culture that rejects them, they, by nature, rapidly overwhelm most communities in content if a voting system is present.
- commandlinefan 5y ago> hn down votes jokes so aggressively "if you insist on taking up my class time making jokes, please see to it that they are funny."