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Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts

Godwin's Law states that the likelihood of referencing Nazis increases as online discussions grow. But after analyzing nearly 200 million Reddit posts, Dariusz Jemielniak and others have found that the opposite is true.

"These results suggest that it is not inevitable that conversations eventually disintegrate into reductio ad Hitlerum."

Read more in New Media & Society.

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