Meta: this is when I like the Slashdot method, you allow the jokes, tag them as jokes, and let people use their own settings to show/hide the jokes. Basically be permissive on content, but demand proper tagging, then allow people to filter out what they don't want.
Re:Learning to See in the Dark (2018)
by zoomablemind on Friday April 17, 2020 @12:22PM
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Title is confusing (?intentionally).
Would make sense to add Tensorflow to make it more specific.
Re:Learning to See in the Dark (2018)
by ccktlmazeltov on Friday April 17, 2020 @12:23PM
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I don't understand what you are saying, it is very "HN" to comment on the title and not on the article.
And it is even more "HN" to comment on details of the title or the article because you don't really know what to say about the article.
Look at my comment.
Re:Learning to See in the Dark (2018)
by hombre_fatal on Friday April 17, 2020 @12:46PM
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Sure, and ideally those are downvoted. But low-grade jokes fit in here even less and are usually downvoted. At least that's how it is before HN finishes its transition into Reddit, at which point they won't be downvoted and we'll be back to scrolling through bad jokes like "lol CNN in the title looks like CNN the news network lmao, anyone else notice?" to find serious comments.
It's a fight worth fighting. "C'mon it's just a joke lol" or "it's only a comment about the title" only assist in that transformation.
But still, could we make an effort not to devolve into what has happened on Reddit, i.e. comment sections which mainly consist of puns and other low effort jokes?