| It's a low effort meme-like post that adds nothing to the article or discussion. Those are frowned upon at HN. It's not impossible to make joke-y replies to posts and receive upvotes, but it takes a lot of practice (or authority). If a 100 people would post one-liner memes then the comment section would be no fun to read. It used to be a strength of HN to have an incredibly resourceful comment section with good debate. It was not uncommon for the author of a programming language to chime in on a discussion about said language. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html > The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in both senses: civil and substantial. > The test for substance is a lot like it is for links. Does your comment teach us anything? There are two ways to do that: by pointing out some consideration that hadn't previously been mentioned, and by giving more information about the topic, perhaps from personal experience. Whereas comments like "LOL!" or worse still, "That's retarded!" teach us nothing. Edit: I see that your account was created 1499 days ago. This may make my reply seem silly (also coming from a newly created account). It was a sincere attempt at answering your downvoting concerns though. |