Indeed, it tends to be the freindly, jokey comments, rather than serious ones, that get upvoted the most.
Not as far as I see. Funny gets upvoted a moderate amount, but they’re overwhelmed by even the slightly upvoted serious contributions on account of their much greater frequency.
The best are comments which have serious implications presented with style—and, yes, sometimes with a touch of humor.
I don’t see anything wrong with that.
Moreover, if people are self-censoring their only-decent humor but not their only-decent serious comments, that would produce the effect described.
Not as far as I see. Funny gets upvoted a moderate amount, but they’re overwhelmed by even the slightly upvoted serious contributions on account of their much greater frequency.
The best are comments which have serious implications presented with style—and, yes, sometimes with a touch of humor.
I don’t see anything wrong with that.
Moreover, if people are self-censoring their only-decent humor but not their only-decent serious comments, that would produce the effect described.