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		superfrank on Sept 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is your policy regarding smartphones ... Honestly, I kind of appreciate that HN tries to keep things serious. I'd hate for this site to turn into reddit where the top 5 comments in most threads are just people reciting the same played out jokes over and over. I wouldn't mind a little more humor here, but it's hard to moderate something subjective like that.

clnq on Sept 2, 2023 [–]

I agree and I am saddened by the number of low effort comments on HN in recent months. It feels like they have become much more prevalent.

financypants on Sept 2, 2023 | [–]

I've only been on Hacker News for a year, and I couldn't tell any change in comment effort

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