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CCP == Chinese Communist Party in this context.
by mzg 7y ago
CCP == Chinese Communist Party in this context.
- tremblane 7y agoa) woosh b) It wouldn't be unreasonable to think somebody might mention another MMO developer. thatsthejoke.jpg
- dvt 7y agoSide note: what's going on HN lately with all this pun/troll/meme nonsense? Please leave that stuff on reddit.
- yellowapple 7y agoSide note: what's going on with people believing reddit has some monopoly on puns/trolls/memes and that hacker-types (like the folks who presumably frequent Hacker News) would never find them amusing?
- dvt 7y agoI visit HN because it provides more or less serious and intellectually-stimulating conversation with a diverse group of people that have diverse (and sometimes opposing) viewpoints. It's not that funny stuff isn't amusing, it's that it's counter to what HN might be trying to achieve.
- tremblane 7y agoA discussion of how this type of event could affect other large MMO developers, such as CCP, could be relevant. There's a large Chinese playerbase in EVE Online. > It's not that funny stuff isn't amusing, it's that it's counter to what HN might be trying to achieve. So, keep it serious. No Having fun. Gotchya.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoYou can have fun, but your joke has to be funny and original. Edit: Maybe just funny.
- yellowapple 7y ago> it's that it's counter to what HN might be trying to achieve. If HN is trying to achieve a soulless takes-itself-way-too-seriously environment, then I'd agree with you. Hopefully that's not the case (but probably is, per the observations I've accumulated over the years of hanging around here). > intellectually-stimulating conversation Humor can be intellectually-stimulating, even in the form of clever puns. Whether or not the pun in question was clever (or at least sufficiently-clever to be amusing) is a different question. > diverse group of people that have diverse (and sometimes opposing) viewpoints. Humor happens to be an excellent way to both convey and consume those viewpoints, especially in a way that's actually conducive to all parties actually coming away with a better understanding of one another.
- viridian 7y agoI'll bite the bullet and give my opinion without any hedging. If someone's comment consists of just a pun, or other low effort content that doesn't lead to meaningful dialogue, I'm downvoting them. It's a housekeeping/ broken windows thing, puns and off topic one liners that exist to solicit some type of thoughtless reaction in the reader, are the first signs of a forum in decline.
- fpgaminer 7y agoCounter-point: I haven't seen any uptick in such comments. (Also note that meta comments comparing HN to Reddit generally garner downvotes, for good reason, as they too don't contribute meaningfully to discussion)