Poe's law
Sign in to saveadage of Internet culture that, without a clear indicator of intent, one can’t parody extreme views such that some can’t mistake it for a sincere expression of the parodied views
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Within Vinony's link graph, Poe's law is referenced by 29 other articles, and connects out to Christianity, proverb and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 2005 neologisms, Adages and Christianity and society.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Main subject
- computer-mediated communication
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- publication date
- 2005-08-10
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Encyclopedic overview
Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.
Origin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poe's law” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.