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Re:Ask HN: How Should We Treat Each Other Here? by badger7 on Friday May 15, 2009 @10:18AM (#610607)
Some people enjoy jokes regardless of topic. Please tolerate.
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Re:Ask HN: How Should We Treat Each Other Here? by gambling8nt on Friday May 15, 2009 @10:21AM (#610618)
Jokes add noise, preventing the signal of regular discussion. The limited tolerance of jokes here isn't random, it's an effort to protect the importance and screen real estate of substantive discussion.
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Re:Ask HN: How Should We Treat Each Other Here? by badger7 on Friday May 15, 2009 @10:35AM (#610650)
Limited tolerance is the key. Zero tolerance would be equally as bad as complete tolerance, IMHO.
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