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An astounding conclusion! (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

by 101001010101 15y ago

101001010101 15y ago
There we go again. Sense of humour is penalised on HN.
- srl 15y ago
  I'll give you a pity upvote. It's not sense of humor that's penalized, though. It's comments without content. (Generally.)
  - 101001010101 15y ago
    Thanks. I've learnt the lesson now. I can understand why that's a good rule. Am I the only one who thinks these titles are too often unoriginal, suggestive and often conclusive? And sometimes the conclusions in the title are not even supported in the article. It's not just HN. It's everywhere on the web. I just don't get it.
    - Radix 15y ago
      You aren't the only one, but that's a harder problem to solve as I there are a limited number of mods and people understandably want their posts read. The public high humor bar and one or two post commentary seem to work well for keeping HN only half way over the shark. I upvoted you to make up for it.
    - loopdoend 15y ago
      It's called link bait.
- rkalla 15y ago
  It is just the (unfortunate) tendency for humor or snark-only comments to devolve into a thread of equivalent snark or hand-slapping that people worry about. So the response is to slap content-thin replies down immediately before they blossum into something worse... Even if they were clever.
- itmag 15y ago
  I guess the reasoning for it is that HN shouldn't be Reddit. Then again, I've gotten away with humor many times. Actually, some of my highest karma comments are humorous in nature. Examples: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3301212 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3301212 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3299170 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3299170
  - 101001010101 15y ago
    The first one seems to suggest HN may be more like Reddit than I'd imagine some would care to admit. The second one was quite good. Nice one.
  - skore 15y ago
    But that's not even humor just for its own sake - it's actually rather insightful. Which is why it's correct that it wasn't downvoted.
    - itmag 15y ago
      Yeah, I guess you're right. So the take-home message is that HN isn't Reddit. One should be a witty smart-alec rather than a funny wise-ass.
      - deleted 15y ago
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      - scott_s 15y ago
        I don't think that's the right conclusion. The correct conclusion is, I think: What you say should add something non-trivial to the conversation. If what you have to say is funny, that's a bonus.

An astounding conclusion! (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

101001010101 15y ago

There we go again. Sense of humour is penalised on HN.

srl 15y ago
I'll give you a pity upvote. It's not sense of humor that's penalized, though. It's comments without content. (Generally.)
- 101001010101 15y ago
  Thanks. I've learnt the lesson now. I can understand why that's a good rule. Am I the only one who thinks these titles are too often unoriginal, suggestive and often conclusive? And sometimes the conclusions in the title are not even supported in the article. It's not just HN. It's everywhere on the web. I just don't get it.
  - Radix 15y ago
    You aren't the only one, but that's a harder problem to solve as I there are a limited number of mods and people understandably want their posts read. The public high humor bar and one or two post commentary seem to work well for keeping HN only half way over the shark. I upvoted you to make up for it.
  - loopdoend 15y ago
    It's called link bait.
rkalla 15y ago
It is just the (unfortunate) tendency for humor or snark-only comments to devolve into a thread of equivalent snark or hand-slapping that people worry about. So the response is to slap content-thin replies down immediately before they blossum into something worse... Even if they were clever.
itmag 15y ago
I guess the reasoning for it is that HN shouldn't be Reddit. Then again, I've gotten away with humor many times. Actually, some of my highest karma comments are humorous in nature. Examples: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3301212 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3301212 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3299170 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3299170
- 101001010101 15y ago
  The first one seems to suggest HN may be more like Reddit than I'd imagine some would care to admit. The second one was quite good. Nice one.
- skore 15y ago
  But that's not even humor just for its own sake - it's actually rather insightful. Which is why it's correct that it wasn't downvoted.
  - itmag 15y ago
    Yeah, I guess you're right. So the take-home message is that HN isn't Reddit. One should be a witty smart-alec rather than a funny wise-ass.
    - deleted 15y ago
      [deleted]
    - scott_s 15y ago
      I don't think that's the right conclusion. The correct conclusion is, I think: What you say should add something non-trivial to the conversation. If what you have to say is funny, that's a bonus.