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Yeah, I got the joke. I was (and still am) tempted to downvote though because puns and pun chains are low effort and reddit-esque. "What you posted didn't regis
by umvi 4y ago
Yeah, I got the joke. I was (and still am) tempted to downvote though because puns and pun chains are low effort and reddit-esque. "What you posted didn't register at first", "I'll have to think about that for a bit", "Why can't we post flip flop puns? This community is too gated", etc.
- kid64 4y agoBy that rationale, the effort you put into getting the joke should have precluded you from responding.
- numlock86 4y agoPersonally I don't mind some "reddit esque" (or whatever you want to call them) comments here and there. The level of those present on HN is low anyway. They could/should be less in some cases, but they don't bother much as the majority is still mostly insightful comments or interesting discussions. Imagine a completely sterile online community without any communication side-tracked, even if it's just a tiny bit, from the informational topic. That just wouldn't feel right to me. The equivalent of a "everyone got a stick up their lower half" workplace. Yuck.
- runnerup 4y agoSame. These bother me a great deal, though the downvotes are usually well outnumbered by upvotes. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
- ggeorgovassilis 4y agoThanks for all the electronic puns :)