[Meta] How is this community different from ProgrammerHumour?
[Meta] How is this community different from ProgrammerHumour?
Both seem to post similar memes and jokes. This community doesn't have a sidebar text to clarify what the community is nor when to post what stuff where, and it's not clear why the community exists.
I would propose that programing humor is more for software developers and IT would be for sysadmin, tech support or tech issues in general.
You won't see printer memes in PH. Some stuff over there goes over my head as someone who's not devops but definitely a career sysadmin.
Its more IT focused.
The original iiiiiiitttttttttttt was a rage comic subreddit, but when those fell out of fasion it became a subreddit for any IT related rage.
Miss rage comics...
Bring back derp and derpina as end users!
Let's bring it back!
I could tell you how I would like it to be, but it's probably not what others think. I find most of programmerhumor not funny.
To me, iiiitttt - and the short description fits it to some degree - should be about ridiculous stuff in IT. Be it ridiculous programs, behaviors, or users.
Programmerhumor seems like it could be something different. Or not. Joke languages, silly experiments and demonstrations like extra bad UI, or jokes (opposed to real occurrences).
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/edit: Also, sidenote, I dislike this community's name - purely because it's not memorable nor easily writable.
The name is a holdover from its reddit origin as a spinoff of the rage comic subreddit fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu, which was condensed to f7u12 (which means the helpful shorthand here is I7T12, which is also not especially memorable, but is better then the alternative.).
Considering the lack of rage comics about IT here, I'd say its strayed far enough from its path that the name isn't applicable anymore.
The subreddit's old reddit sidebar description is:
Once upon a time this was a space for IT-related ragecomics. Although we've progressed past that era of the Internet zeitgeist, there's still plenty of rage to commiserate over. Come share whatever it is that drives you to drink during your change control meetings.
You just became part of the joke, about the joke, about the joke, about the joke. So meta.
I think the new sidebar shouuld consist of "I dislike this community's name - purely because it's not memorable nor easily writable."
Why are you asking?
Ok, I see a reason to ask. Irrellephant moved the comm. And since then they've been posting some greatest hits to spice up the new comm. That seems like a mod trying to be a good host, but its worth noticing.
TBH I don't have much use for the memes. I come here to hear IT people bitch.