Internet "rules"

[furryman]

Or rocks.
What are the names of the different rules used on message boards?
For example what’s the name of that rule that states that any thread that mentions nazis will end with someone calling somebody else a nazi?
Or how about the one where if you post a reply correcting someones grammar or spelling the chances are nearly 100% that you’ll make a mistake in the post?

[pravnik]

@furryman

Or rocks.
What are the names of the different rules used on message boards?
For example what’s the name of that rule that states that any thread that mentions nazis will end with someone calling somebody else a nazi?

Godwin’s Law.

@furryman

Or how about the one where if you post a reply correcting someones grammar or spelling the chances are nearly 100% that you’ll make a mistake in the post?

Gaudere’s Law, named after one of our own.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

A lot of them are mentioned in this sticky thread in ATMB: Beginner’s Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards.

Godwin’s Law and Gaudere’s Law are the ones you’re thinking of.

[pravnik]

@furryman

OFor example what’s the name of that rule that states that any thread that mentions nazis will end with someone calling somebody else a nazi?

On second look, that’s not exactly Godwin’s. Godwin’s law states that the longer an internet argument goes on, the more likely someone is to compare someone to a Nazi.