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I'm glad there's fewer 'comedians' here (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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I was Reddit earlier and viewing one of question subs. The top 5 comments were all 'jokes'.

What's worse is no matter how unfunny the top jokes are you'll get hundreds of cold comments flogging the joke to death.

The 6th top comment actually answered the question.

Lemmy may not have as much content but what is here is so much better quality.

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[–] bmsok@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I agree with this entirely. A joke can be satirical and bookend a thread but the top comments deserve to at least be thoughtful and insightful. It's much like how comedic timing and actual contribution have to be balanced in real life.

Try your best to get your voice heard but always ask yourself "Am I really contributing to this conversation?" before submitting.