Similar to Godwin's Law, as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of the discussion descending into ad hominem attacks and nonsense fuelled by apparent hatred or dislike of someone's comment approaches .
That is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will begin making insults or start yelling about Hillary Clinton/Trump/Russia/shills or similar in order to distract and lead to forum-slide.
Coined on reddit in 2018 and named after a reddit user with the same name, Cencorme's Law originally referred specifically to subreddit discussions. It is now applied to any threaded online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric occurs.
When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Cencorme's Law has effectively forfeited the argument.
That is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will begin making insults or start yelling about Hillary Clinton/Trump/Russia/shills or similar in order to distract and lead to forum-slide.
Coined on reddit in 2018 and named after a reddit user with the same name, Cencorme's Law originally referred specifically to subreddit discussions. It is now applied to any threaded online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric occurs.
When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Cencorme's Law has effectively forfeited the argument.
redditor a: "I really disliked EA's latest game release"
redditor b: "Blame the Trump and Russians for that. They worked together to influence the developers..."
redditor a: "Classic case of Cencorme's Law"
redditor b: "Blame the Trump and Russians for that. They worked together to influence the developers..."
redditor a: "Classic case of Cencorme's Law"
by GrimPeeper May 20, 2018
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Originally coined by Truman of the Return 2 Reason podcast.
Originally coined by Truman of the Return 2 Reason podcast.
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