• teft@lemmy.world
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      Poe’s Law, without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parody or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.

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        It can be helpful for anyone when reading text that doesn’t indicate tone very well.

        Not everyone is a professional writer that can properly express sarcasm through text