Merely humorous comments detract from the true comedic function of Hacker News, to satirize Reddit. I'm kidding?! As to the community, it seems to support our g

Merely humorous comments detract from the true comedic function of Hacker News, to satirize Reddit. I'm kidding?! As to the community, it seems to support our gracious host's objection, not to jokes as such, but to jokes based in meanness or stupidity and to the ease with which such jokes proliferate. Here is a post that quotes this objection specifically: http://www.kottke.org/09/02/the-fluff-principle-and-other-thoughts-on-community http://www.kottke.org/09/02/the-fluff-principle-and-other-th...