QOTD: What Do You Think of Our Weekend Comedy?

[maaksel]

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9544/nuffsaid.jpg

Nuff said.

I come here for facts, I go to Fark.com for the funny/asinine. Maybe you could put a joke or two in the articles... 2 chickens tried to cross the road and... wait, no - stick to articles.

 

[seanf78]

It's not what I would expect to find on a respectable website.

 

[TidalWaveOne]

Can't say I didn't get a chuckle, but I'd take you guys more seriously if you didn't joke around with the news.

 

[cletus_slackjawd]

The static bag smell that "turns on" women was pretty funny.

 

[Master Exon]

My problem with this system is that bullets would usually be used to mark important points, not be used in the opposite context.

Every time I see an article with bullets, it immediately appears that the article is important.

 

[Pei-chen]

Spend the time spell checking and writing coherent sentences instead of this crap. Dilbert is funnier.

 

[Hamburger]

Life's too short to take everything so darn seriously all the time. If this doesn't take time away from working on good stories and is done as "Extra curricular activity" then I don't see a problem with it and would actually enjoy it.

 

[christop]

Please keep it real.. I don't come to this site read jokes and such. I love the straight forward tech articles you guys write...

 

[boomhowar]

Leave it for the onion.

 

[reapper]

I think the comedy section sucks. It's a load of BS, not funny and rarely interesting to read. You should at least hide it in a "funny" section or quit. I thought this site was serious but since the "redesigning" game it went all down hill. The tone of the articles changed from mostly informative to a more "entertainment" style and the constant begging for comments sounds really pathetic. People used to leave comments before that. Now it's like a crybaby sentence to set the pus*y tone.

 

[Pei-chen]

BTW, why are you working on Saturday? I am paid OT and Wall streeter are paid bonus to work on Saturday so are you being paid extra for writing these articles.

I think a weekend opinion piece by you akin to Chris’ may be a better idea. Girl’s take on this week’s news might draw some people.

 

[Tattysnuc]

What's next? Girls in compromising positions with items of technology?

Everyone knows if you want poeple to come to your site you put some naked flesh on show.

However, I joined the forums and read Tom's because they used to do some cutting edge reports and videos. What does Tom's give us now? The last site on the web that has any technology reviews because they sign all the NDA's and a set of very childish "joke" articles.

At least the forums are still top notch.....

 

[psychopathy]

I definitely don't come here for funny tech articles and I rarely read them. If new tech articles will not be published on the weekends, I would appreciate something like an opinion piece on the weekends. If it's going to be lighter maybe a reaction/opinion piece. If you do keep them, it may be better to file them under a humor section so the people who like them can find them. I don't care for them being the first thing at the top of the page. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

i don't think they are funny at all

they just take up room on the board.

plz just use your time to write factual information

 

[afrobacon]

I've done journalism for 2 years in school and I can easily say the joke articles have more benefits than one would think. For one they help crush that writers block when your looking for a way to present factual information for a 'non-joke' article. Second they keep your sense of humor alive, without a sense of humor things get far to bland and hard to read.

 

[omygod711]

If you don't like it don't read it. The jokes are just "extras freebies" that the site is giving its reader. It's free stop complaining. A separate section for these jokes is definitely a good compromise for the up tight ones that can't take a joke in the news section. It's the weekend, there won't be any "news", people aren't working to bring "breaking" tech news, cheer up.

 

[chuck_smith]

I honestly love the weekend content, it always makes my day to see what joke you guys are gonna come up with next! Keep it up guys

 

[Guest]

You guy are good at one thing already and that is not comedy!

 

[Guest]

Makes the site feel like a cheap tabloid. Get rid of it.

 

[Vettedude]

They would be great if they were actually funny. I only laugh on the comments on some of the articles.

 

[michaelahess]

I get enough comedy in my life, this is just a waste of my time reading the headlines.

 

[cruiseoveride]

what comedy?

 

[afrobacon]

Maybe create an on/off switch for those who have signed up for the forums. That way those who find no humor in it won't be bothered with it; and those who like it (or couldn't care either way) will still have it.

 

[radnor]

H

 

[Guest]

Leave the comedy to the experts and stick to what Tom's used to do best: techie articles about hardware, BYOPC, benchmarking. Have to say that I check Anandtech more often in the last year.