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Re:Ask HN: What advice messed up your life? by paolomaffei on Saturday November 27, 2010 @04:13AM (#1944659)
You might not understand why you are being downvoted since you are new there. Don't take it personally, is just that we don't want any kind of humour or otherwise pointless (as in: adds nothing to the conversation) informations. We are trying to keep the signal to noise ratio high, just say something only when it adds to the conversation and you'll do great!
Re:Ask HN: What advice messed up your life? by djacobs on Saturday November 27, 2010 @07:45PM (#1946294)
I don't think it's that we don't want humor—there is plenty of that on HN. I think it's that "lmao" is better conveyed (and with less noise, as you say) by an upvote.