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Known as Poe's Law [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
by shangxiao 9y ago
Known as Poe's Law [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- hinkley 9y agoI will don't understand why it's called Poe's Law if he said it in 2005. This phenomenon was well documented on Usenet by the early nineties.
- sqeaky 9y agoIf we called everything that was first described on Usenet as "Usenet's Law" then everything would be Usenet's law, probably even a couple of things in physics.
- tripzilch 9y agoAlso known as Usenet's Law [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14561801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14561801
- qb45 9y agoKnown as Stigler's law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
- Dylan16807 9y agoPoe's Law is when extreme views seem to self-parody. That's different from someone missing the joke on mundane sarcasm.