I disagree that HN doesn't like humor. Compare the comments of this article posted yesterday on HN vs. Reddit (the one where the guy teaches his daughter CSS an

I disagree that HN doesn't like humor. Compare the comments of this article posted yesterday on HN vs. Reddit (the one where the guy teaches his daughter CSS and has to vertically align something). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9993171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9993171 http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/3fkkh0/teaching_css_hilarious_short_blog_post/ http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/3fkkh0/teaching_css_... It's not like the HN crowd is completely stiff. But look at the ridiculous difference in post quality. Reddit is almost 100% one-liners with no substance whereas Hacker News managed to find some interesting things to discuss. In simple upvote/downvote systems, content will always proceed towards the lowest common denominator. The moment it becomes culturally acceptable to post something low effort and obvious is the moment a high quality community dies.