The 'upvote funny comments' slashdot's policy did wonders to destroy the quality of comments there. I don't want my news to be funny, if it means they will be

The 'upvote funny comments' slashdot's policy did wonders to destroy the quality of comments there. I don't want my news to be funny, if it means they will be generally dull and full of commonly repeated jokes. As it happened in slashdot.