To be fair Poe’s law is a pretty common problem in internet communication. Obviously ambiguity of intent is pretty easily avoided with good writing but it’s also convenient for a lot of people to be able to dodge that with a few relatively standardized characters. Although I can agree in the sense that it often feels like a lazy fix for otherwise bad jokes or dialogue, too often I see something in the vein of “WE NEED TO BLOW UP ORPHANAGES!!! /j” and because there’s a tone indicator in there it somehow manages to write off the lack of actual humour.
Do you host it locally or in the cloud? Can you use it while traveling? /gen
Host locally and access it from outside the home via Netbird. Though not sure what gen means
/gen means genuine, it’s a tone indicator. Another one you might see is /s for sarcastic or /j for joking
What are we doing here?
idk ask the internet, I’m just trying to be helpful
It’s just strange to me that communication is breaking down so much that I need to basically explain the joke. Soon I’ll be saying “please clap.”
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To be fair Poe’s law is a pretty common problem in internet communication. Obviously ambiguity of intent is pretty easily avoided with good writing but it’s also convenient for a lot of people to be able to dodge that with a few relatively standardized characters. Although I can agree in the sense that it often feels like a lazy fix for otherwise bad jokes or dialogue, too often I see something in the vein of “WE NEED TO BLOW UP ORPHANAGES!!! /j” and because there’s a tone indicator in there it somehow manages to write off the lack of actual humour.