Talk:Godwin's law/Archive 5
Latest comment: 11 months ago by SMcCandlish in topic The epithet "Troll"?
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The epithet "Troll"?
ResolvedDoes the use of the epithet "Troll" follow Godwin's law? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santamoly (talk • contribs) 11:48, July 7, 2019 (UTC)
- Doesn't say anything about the term troll at all. And Wikipedia is not a forum for discussing novel ideas about how to stretch the meaning of an Internet meme. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 12:21, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Truism?
ResolvedDoesn't the probability of any variable get closer to 1 the longer a discussion goes on? Sure, people arguing on the internet invoke Nazi comparisons quite often. It is always the case that "if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough" any subject/phrase/reference will eventually show up. It seems only to be a question of scale. 2601:18F:4101:4830:284B:B561:14F7:B613 (talk) 07:33, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- I agree. Really all it is, is a humorous observation on online debates. It's a slightly more defined "people on the internet tend to use nazi analogies".
- I think this article should steer away from taking a scientific approach, in favour of a cultural approach. 2407:7000:942B:1800:51D6:B7F2:CAEC:A7A (talk) 06:14, 9 March 2022 (UTC)