2. What Is It?
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Godwin's law is also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi
Analogies or Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies. Is a
belief by Mike Godwin in 1990.
It states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the
probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler
approaches.”
In other words he claims that no matter what kind of
internet discussion, no matter what the context it
would always have a reference to Nazis, if it were
given enough time.
3. When Is It Used?
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As mentioned earlier, Godwin's law is usually used
in online forums, for example chat-rooms or blog
comment threads.
Sometimes the law is invoked to mark the end of a
discussion and the writer who made the analogy
is considered to have lost the argument.
4. Examples:
After having looked at the comments for two videos,
one of them being Ellie Goulding- Burn and the other
Katy Perry- Roar both of which are a similar genre to
our song I concluded that a lot of the comments focus
on either complementing the singer on their good
looks/good singing or saying that their music isn’t very
good.
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