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Re:Like an AI Could Ever Spot Sarcasm by discreteevent on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:55PM (#16278311)
The funny thing is that I think it's in part motivated by the desire for minimalism. But instead of minimising the form they have minimised the function!
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Re:Like an AI Could Ever Spot Sarcasm by nikanj on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @06:03PM (#16278367)
The harder it is to read, the longer you'll spend reading it. And time spent on page is a really common vanity metric.
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Re:Like an AI Could Ever Spot Sarcasm by DividableMiddle on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @06:08PM (#16278399)
Or.. the harder it is to read, the more unlikely I am to read it. And will instead leave the page and find another source for the information if I care that much.
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