[imartin2k]

So it is not only that you don't find it funny (which is a common thing about jokes - many jokes are bad in the eyes of many people), but also that you want someone else to therefore remove this part.

Where does this idea come from that just because one doesn't like something or finds it stupid/silly/inappropriate/not funny, it has to disappear?

[dreae]

Before you get too defensive consider that they said they'd 'recommend' the author remove the joke, not that it has to go. That's how constructive criticism works.

I think the comment can be better interpreted as 'the tone of the article could be improved, in my opinion, if the author would remove the joke about sexual harassment at the end'