I couldn't disagree more. The rule of sarcasm on the internet is the same as every other rule where everyone is anonymous. Give people the benefit of the doubt.

I couldn't disagree more. The rule of sarcasm on the internet is the same as every other rule where everyone is anonymous. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Moreover, the claim that sarcasm can't be detected on the internet is extremely dubious. It's really not that hard. The person puts extra effort into showing how the thing that they are pretending to believe is an absurd thing to believe. This is not culture or age dependent. "It's awful how those people are doing all that good stuff" is a statement that requires you to know zero context. An alien can detect that this sentence is absurd. Moreover, if someone actually believes something absurd, and presents it this way, it doesn't matter if it's sarcasm or not, since they aren't convincing anyone.