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I'm definitely going to add a "funny" tag (and hide them by default) because there are some great ones - but it does detract a bit from the overall goal


I somewhat suspect the funny tag will become a ghost town pretty quickly. The reason people add these funny lines is because of their juxtaposition with the realistic ones, and I think making it a recognized, expected thing with its own "space" might be missing the point.

That's not to say that something shouldn't be done about the troll-y submissions. Just making the point that a change to a system may have an unintended effect on how people use the system.


Maybe just lower contrast for those items or something. Would be nice to keep the site “useful” along with the funny stuff




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