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by ben_w 1923 days ago
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.
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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.
No, I have zero problem detecting sarcasm or irony in text. If you think about it for 5 seconds it's usually pretty clear.
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