need some kind of typographical indicators for stuff. the lack of <sarcasm> tags is a well known example of this problem. there's lots of other "meta-semantic" (sorry, I cringed too) tags that we ought to update our typography to accommodate. the internet is serious business.
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<irony> tags would be very good, though I'm certain they would be misused 90% of the time
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<redacted> tags and <spoiler> tags have well established use cases. some forums already implement them actually. would love for that to become a standard.
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the thought that prompted this though was my desire for <meta> tags that worked the way we mean them conversationally, rather than the way they work in html as implemented (i.e. largely broken attempt at including author-suggested indices for the page).
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<meta>there's a common thread linking the tweets that I soon after tweeting</meta> <object>I delete tweets where the potential communicative value of the words is drowned out by the negative emotional impact of the delivery</object>
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