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Created page with "thumb|Edgar Allen Poe, whom coined the term and for whom the [[bell tolls]] '''Poe's Law''' is the idea that satire and bait on the internet i..."
[[File:JohnPoe.png|thumb|Edgar Allen Poe, whom coined the term and for whom the [[bell]] tolls]]
'''Poe's Law''' is the idea that [[satire]] and [[bait]] on the [[internet]] is indistinguishable from [[Mark Genuine|genuine]] expressions of belief.
== Counterplay ==
Poe's Law can be broken by adding [[tone indicators]] or [[Template:Community notes|community notes]] to every joke.
== Poe's 2nd Law ==
The oft-forgotten Poe Jr. states:
{{Blockquote|Any expression for love of waffles without clarity of intent is indistinguishable from hatred of pancakes.}}
[[Category:Laws]]
[[Category:Computer science]]
'''Poe's Law''' is the idea that [[satire]] and [[bait]] on the [[internet]] is indistinguishable from [[Mark Genuine|genuine]] expressions of belief.
== Counterplay ==
Poe's Law can be broken by adding [[tone indicators]] or [[Template:Community notes|community notes]] to every joke.
== Poe's 2nd Law ==
The oft-forgotten Poe Jr. states:
{{Blockquote|Any expression for love of waffles without clarity of intent is indistinguishable from hatred of pancakes.}}
[[Category:Laws]]
[[Category:Computer science]]