Like if I were to be caught doing this to a random woman it would be appropriately labelled 'stalking' yet when a company does it they potentially have a patentable marketing technique on their hands or something.
Poe’s Law was named in 2005. Which was interesting news to all of us on Usenet for whom this phenomenon was already known before Eternal September or Green Cards stole the show.
Sarcasm was already dead before “spam” meant ads instead of scrolling a forum or chat window by repeating yourself (exactly like the Monty Python sketch it alluded to).
Sarcasm only works if it can succesfully comunicate that it is sarcasm; be it body language, face expression, absurdity, or memeing. On the internet you are a random faceless stranger to me, so how can I distinguish sarcasm other than guessing?
If the priors were the other way then people would complain that nobody takes anyone seriously.
don't know if you're sarcastic. However, just because a company makes money, doesn't mean value is created. Like when you win in poker against someone, you're making money but not creating value.
I mostly agree with your point, but it has to be said that poker players are creating entertainment value for each other. Even if the cash portion of the game is zero or even negative sum.
I am not who you were responding to, but I think playing poker would create entertainment (even for the loser) which could be considered something of value.
Like if I were to be caught doing this to a random woman it would be appropriately labelled 'stalking' yet when a company does it they potentially have a patentable marketing technique on their hands or something.