Poes Gesetz
Poe's law is an Internet adage which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extreme views will be mistaken by some readers or viewers for sincere expressions of the parodied views.[1][2][3]
History
"Poe's law" was originally written by Nathan Poe in 2005, in a post on christianforums.com, an Internet forum about Christianity. The post was written in the context of a debate about creationism, where a previous poster had remarked to another user "Good thing you included the winky. Otherwise people might think you are serious."[4] Poe then replied, "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is Vorlage:Sic impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article."[1] The original statement of Poe's law referred specifically to creationism, but it has since been generalized to apply to any kind of fundamentalism or extremism.[3]
In part, Poe's post reiterated advice often posted on Internet forums, about the need to clearly mark sarcasm and parody (e.g. with a smiling emoticon) to avoid confusion. As early as 1983, Jerry Schwarz, in a post on Usenet, wrote: Vorlage:Quote
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References
- ↑ a b Nathan Poe: Big contradictions in the evolution theory. In: christianforums.com. 11. August 2005, archiviert vom am 31. Mai 2014; abgerufen am 20. August 2011: „Poe's Law: 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 for the genuine article.“
- ↑ Scott F. Aikin: Poe's Law, Group Polarization, and the Epistemology of Online Religious Discourse. In: Social Science Research Network. 23. Januar 2009, doi:10.2139/ssrn.1332169.
- ↑ a b Tom Chivers: Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe In: The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2009 : "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humour, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."
- ↑ Pete Harcoff: Big contradictions in the evolution theory. In: christianforums.com. 10. August 2005.