in the olden days of slashdot, this was addressed by decoupling "insightful" from "funny". you wouldn't get karma for being funny but you weren't punished for it either.
Good point. Yes I think I miss that of Slashdot too. There's such a
thing as a healthy amount of banter, and the good stuff (not overly
sardonic) takes the edge off the doom imho.
nonrandomstring|10 months ago