FTA: That’s a staggering amount of Hitlers and Nazis in various forms, but it’s still a relatively low frequency — 1 out of every 1,500 submissions — which Hop

FTA: That’s a staggering amount of Hitlers and Nazis in various forms, but it’s still a relatively low frequency — 1 out of every 1,500 submissions — which Hoppe believes discredits Godwin’s Law. But a few other findings surprised him: Hoppe found that comments on a Reddit post typically peak within hours of an item’s submission, regardless of whether or not they fall victim to Godwin’s Law, and that Nazi references often crop up early in the commenting lifespan of a post. “What this means is that conversations keep going,” he said. If playing the “Hitler card” in an online conversation really does effectively end it, as Godwn’s law assumes, Hoppe’s analysis should have shown that Reddit’s Nazi references come toward the end of a thread. Instead, he found the opposite.