Ask HN: Please don't submit April Fools stories. Please don't vote them up.

Re:Ask HN: Please don't submit April Fools stories. Please... by gn on Thursday April 01, 2010 @10:42AM (#1234682)

I can't think of too many things less hacker-like than "today we try very hard to be funny in a really formulaic way because that's what everybody else does".

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Re:Ask HN: Please don't submit April Fools stories. Please... by raganwald on Thursday April 01, 2010 @11:08AM (#1234751)

I agree that there is such a thing as a lame, formulaic April Fool's story. So, let's raise the bar. Only upvote April Fool's stories that have an interesting twist to them. Don't upvote lame April Fool's submissions.

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Re:Ask HN: Please don't submit April Fools stories. Please... by alextgordon on Thursday April 01, 2010 @10:52AM (#1234710)

Speak for yourself. Clearly many people do find the jokes worthwhile or amusing, otherwise they wouldn't be voting for them. If you do not, then that's fine, but I don't see why this difference transcends the HN voting system more than any other.

I can understand how some might feel this is turning HN into reddit, but have a little faith - it's only for one day.

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Re:Ask HN: Please don't submit April Fools stories. Please... by DannoHung on Thursday April 01, 2010 @10:46AM (#1234692)

So, uhhh, did anyone play any jokes at MIT today?

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