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lol
by king_magic 15y ago
lol
- king_magic 15y agoWell, I guess you guys are in a bad mood today.
- scott_s 15y agoThe culture around here dislikes noise. A post which just says "lol" adds nothing to the discussion, and will likely get downvoted.
- king_magic 15y agoI'm quite aware what the culture is like. Frankly, I don't care, I thought the original post was funny, and I said so. It's not that big of a deal if I get downvoted, but honestly, don't you think this type of downvoting is a sign people just might be taking things a bit too seriously? After all: the original post was a site that made progressively more ridiculous names for Java classes. I could argue that post adds nothing to the discussion in the first place (other than being amusing).
- scott_s 15y agoWe're trying to avoid having pages and pages of such comments, which can drown out real discussion. It's a signal-to-noise issue.
- king_magic 15y agoI don't necessarily disagree with you in the grand scheme of things. It's just somewhat hypocritical, in my opinion, to admonish someone for saying "lol" in response to, well, let's face it: a completely ridiculous post. But fair enough. There are plenty of communities online that I am active in that have their own inconsistencies in how they police themselves (whether through moderation or downvoting). I'm not going to take it too personally.
- scott_s 15y agoIt's not an admonishment. It doesn't mean people think you're a bad person. It just means that if that's all you have to say, they'd rather you said nothing.
- king_magic 15y agoWell, if that's the case - why can't one delete a comment after a certain period of time?
- scott_s 15y agoI don't know. I bet it's probably an artifact of the implementation - it may be tied to the fact that you can't edit a post after a certain period of time.
- kls 15y agodon't you think this type of downvoting is a sign people just might be taking things a bit too seriously? Put simply no, there are a plethora of other sites that allow humor, many here find them to be too noisy or they keep their humor and one liners to the other sites. I personally like humor but have seen how it can destroy an otherwise great informational site. If it where allowed on HN the quality of HN would be destroyed in less than a years time. I have been around the net a long time, and have seen many come and many go, the common thread among all of the ones that went was the posts became utter garbage. One you loose the post, the high value contributors move on, then the quality of information suffers and provides further fuel for poor comments. So it may seem that HN is a bunch of sticks in the mud, but remember we have a lot of high value people in this community many of us, helped create the net in the very early days, while others are Vally insiders, yet others are successful product people. HN is one of the most valuable resources in the tech world, to loose that would be a grave loss. That being said, I agree with you on the quality of this article, I think it speaks volumes about the point I am trying to make.
- king_magic 15y agoFair enough. I can see your point.