Most comments that don't add substantively to the discussion seem to generate downvotes. Which is too bad, as I like the funny. That said, it seems like it wo

Most comments that don't add substantively to the discussion seem to generate downvotes. Which is too bad, as I like the funny. That said, it seems like it would be hard to control for only occasional (and ideally funny) jokes in a community like this -- if jokes were generally rewarded, hn could become a jokefest like Reddit, dramatically reducing the signal-to-noise ration many of us appreciate it for. TL;DR - use jokes sparingly, and make 'em good. (edited for a typo)