[arkitaip]

dang really needs to get YC to develop an AI that can automatically add /s to ironic comment.

[stelonix]

I'd rather HN not allow such comments and we try to make debate here better than on the rest of the internet.

[centimeter]

Or people could work on their ability to identify normal human modes of speech.

[ben_w]

Given we’ve had the internet for over a generation with this issue being known that whole time, I don’t think that’s actually something we can do. Not in general, not from plain text.

[centimeter]

I think only morons, autistics, etc have a habitually hard time identifying sarcasm. These are not the people we should optimize the web experience for.

[ben_w]

Only when spoken, not when written: https://theconversation.com/why-is-sarcasm-so-difficult-to-d...

[centimeter]

No, I have zero problem detecting sarcasm or irony in text. If you think about it for 5 seconds it's usually pretty clear.

[ben_w]

If you have zero problem, you are unusual.

Please note who wrote this paper, considering what they are famous for, as well as the results: http://web-docs.stern.nyu.edu/pa/kruger_email_ego.pdf

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Text inherently makes it difficult if not impossible to distinguish sarcasm that would be apparent with verbal/visual context clues.