NO. THIS HAS BEEN MY MOST PRODUCTIVE DAY IN A YEAR. EXACTLY TO THE DAY.
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#82is this submission an april fools joke?
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#83yes not
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#84It's one freaking day of the year. If you insist on being a total curmudgeon, can't you just skip the internet for a day? Come back tomorrow. If you miss one real article, the world will not come to a screeching halt.
It'd be fine if a: the number of april fools jokes weren't that large and b: most of the jokes were actually funny. Instead what we get is a joke where every amateur lamester abuses their powers and makes the internet much less useful for a day without actually generating anything humorous. A few folks know how to do April 1st jokes well (google, thinkgeek, etc.) but most folks don't seem to know how to keep the humor at the right level.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meta-discussions can be tiresome, but communities die if content is chosen strictly by popularity. Some moderation must be applied, and the most important things to moderate are the things that are popular but subtly undermine the site's purpose. In this particular case the poster is being very reasonable: no lame submissions. "Joel on Coal" is a good example. That might have been funny as h*ll back when Joel was blo…
Meta-discussions can be tiresome Why? Let's talk about this. EDIT: I wonder if there's an analogy here for democracies and recent US legislation: the most important things to moderate are the things that are popular but subtly undermine the site's purpose. (Oh noes! I've added politics to a meta-discussion! [dons asbestos long johns and ducks])
But why would we need to talk about this?
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#86Even if we, the community, agree to stop April Fool's submissions. This submission is largely useless as April Fool's has already started (and ended in some places).
Next year, everybody will forget, people will be new and this submission won't change a thing.
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#87I haven't really seen many this year. I think the filter on HN is pretty high. Even my Reddit subscriptions have precluded a lot of jokes coming to my front page.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meta-discussions can be tiresome Why? Let's talk about this. EDIT: I wonder if there's an analogy here for democracies and recent US legislation: the most important things to moderate are the things that are popular but subtly undermine the site's purpose. (Oh noes! I've added politics to a meta-discussion! [dons asbestos long johns and ducks])
But why would we need to talk about this?
But why would we need to talk about this?
Why, indeed. I suggest this needs careful consideration.
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#89I have a request: Enable downvoting on April 1st.
Congrats, HB is the new Digg!
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#90Every party needs a party pooper!