Poe's Law

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eponymous law informal principle internet adage

Poe's Law is an internet adage stating that, without clear indicators of the author's intent, it is impossible to distinguish sincere extremism from parody of extremism online.

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Label	Occurrences
Poe's Law canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	eponymous law ⓘ informal principle ⓘ internet adage ⓘ
appliesTo	comment sections ⓘ internet forums ⓘ online discussions ⓘ social media ⓘ text-only communication ⓘ written communication ⓘ
coreIdea	clear signals such as emoticons or disclaimers are needed to mark satire online ⓘ parodies of extreme views can be mistaken for genuine expressions of those views ⓘ without clear indicators of intent it is difficult to distinguish sincere extremism from parody ⓘ
firstFormulatedIn	2005 ⓘ
firstFormulatedOn	ChristianForums.com NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthor	Nathan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory	adages ⓘ informal laws of the internet ⓘ internet culture terminology ⓘ
hasDomain	extremism ⓘ internet culture ⓘ online communication ⓘ religious debate ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasEffect	high risk of misinterpreting genuine extreme statements as satire ⓘ high risk of misinterpreting satirical extreme statements as genuine ⓘ
hasFormulation	without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake it for the real thing ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMedium	internet ⓘ online forums ⓘ social networking services ⓘ
hasUsage	analyzing misread satire ⓘ critiquing online discourse ⓘ describing ambiguity between satire and sincere extremism ⓘ
namedAfter	Nathan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalContext	online debates about creationism ⓘ religious fundamentalism discussions ⓘ
relatedTo	Godwin's law NERFINISHED ⓘ Murphy's law ⓘ internet laws ⓘ irony ⓘ misinterpretation ⓘ online extremism ⓘ parody ⓘ religious fundamentalism ⓘ sarcasm ⓘ satire ⓘ
requires	contextual cues ⓘ explicit markers of satire ⓘ indicators of intent ⓘ

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Subject: Poe's Law
Description of subject: Poe's Law is an internet adage stating that, without clear indicators of the author's intent, it is impossible to distinguish sincere extremism from parody of extremism online.

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Cunningham's Law → oftenMentionedWith → Poe's Law ⓘ