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I don't get how this is pushing buttons that mainstream business outlets haven't openly ridiculed in non-opinion pieces. It's a satire blog that's confusing or
by caminante 11mo ago
I don't get how this is pushing buttons that mainstream business outlets haven't openly ridiculed in non-opinion pieces.
It's a satire blog that's confusing or misleading people (See top HN comments.) and not getting strong reactions.
Poe's law is when someone's being sarcastic and they add a smirk emoji to avoid/seek -/+ votes. Feels different here.
- fragmede 11mo agoPoe's law is when sarcasm is confused for something serious. Using /s to mark you're sarcasm as sarcasm is a cop out (which I reflexively downvote on).
- caminante 11mo agoI'd offer that Poe's law is when you can't tell sarcasm or not [0] and it applies more to comments/reactions. I don't think the term really applies here, and I also despise the emoji copouts. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- pas 11mo agoThere's probably an audience that doesn't read mainstream business outlets, but still has some adjacency to it through VC/startup/entrepreneurship circles. Is it confusing people though? Have you read the real one?
- jrflowers 11mo ago> It's a satire blog that's confusing or misleading people (See top HN comments.) I think it’s equally possible that we have a blind-leading-the-blind situation here, ie one guy didn’t get the joke, posted a serious chat gpt summary, and some people assumed it was a serious article. Seeing as that was the top comment for a while, I’d bet that this discussion is a great example of how using LLMs to “understand” things can actually have the reverse effect.
- caminante 11mo agoI like your phrasing. It's more diplomatic than what I was getting to after struggling to not allude to modafinil or Asperger's.