I disagree with your blanket policy on jokes. I don’t want to be a member of an organization that prohibits making fun of said organization (or its well-respected members); these types of organizations tend to have poor track records. I would, of course, fully support a ban on bad jokes, where “bad” is defined as “an unfunny joke that makes me want to downvote your comment, oh look, here’s me downvoting it”.
That said, I upvoted your comment for the honest clarification.
(I try to simply not vote on comments that actually make me laugh—there is a conflict between the part of me that wants LW to be Serious Business and the part of me that wants unexpected laughs, and such comments tend to get more karma than would be fair anyway.)
where “bad” is defined as “an unfunny joke that makes me want to downvote your comment, oh look, here’s me downvoting it”.
I usually operate using this definition, with one tweak: I’m more likely to upvote a useful comment if it’s also funny. I’m unlikely to upvote a comment if it’s only funny; and though the temptation to make those arises, I try hard to save it for reddit.
I disagree with your blanket policy on jokes. I don’t want to be a member of an organization that prohibits making fun of said organization (or its well-respected members); these types of organizations tend to have poor track records. I would, of course, fully support a ban on bad jokes, where “bad” is defined as “an unfunny joke that makes me want to downvote your comment, oh look, here’s me downvoting it”.
That said, I upvoted your comment for the honest clarification.
(I try to simply not vote on comments that actually make me laugh—there is a conflict between the part of me that wants LW to be Serious Business and the part of me that wants unexpected laughs, and such comments tend to get more karma than would be fair anyway.)
I usually operate using this definition, with one tweak: I’m more likely to upvote a useful comment if it’s also funny. I’m unlikely to upvote a comment if it’s only funny; and though the temptation to make those arises, I try hard to save it for reddit.