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On HN, it’s probably best to avoid sarcasm. I’ve used it and it didn’t work out well.
by chris_wot 4y ago
On HN, it’s probably best to avoid sarcasm. I’ve used it and it didn’t work out well.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoSarcasm on HN is exceptionally difficult. The closest I've been able to get us deliberately playing around with Poe's Law. The issue with doing so, however, is not being entirely sure if you're getting up votes because people are in on it or think you're serious. And if you let the cat out of the bag and confess to it, it ruins the joke! Both the reader and the writer are left in this nebulous liminal space of perpetual standoff with no one able to make a move. I quite like it, but it's an acquired taste for sure.