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Can we also skip the submissions asking people not to post things instead of just letting the community decide the same way it's been done for years?
It seems to them vulgar to enjoy food because you are hungry or to enjoy life because if offers a variety of interesting spectacles and surprising experiences. From the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have no sympathy with this outlook.
All disenchantment is to me a malady, which it is true, certain circumstances may render inevitable, but which none the less, when it occurs, is to be cured as soon as possible, not to be regarded as a higher form of wisdom.
Can we also skip the submissions asking people not to post things instead of just letting the community decide the same way it's been done for years?
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…
Why not? What's so bad about them?
A submission is are only annoying if it is upvoted often enough, but then, there are obviously enough people out there who don't find it "lame".
So saying "don't post lame submissions" is essentially the same as saying "don't post submissions which I personally don't like".
Best suggestion I've seen so far. Then I don't have to open dozens of tabs, or look for them :)
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you sly dog!
What do you think, 2.5/10? I didn't put a lot of effort into it.