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ArisKatsaris comments on April Fools - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Joke Chapter - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: shokwave 02 April 2012 02:47AM

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 02 April 2012 08:44:14AM *  1 point [-]

People generally reach the end only after they've read the previous bits. By then people may have been fooled improperly (at a time other than April 1st).

As such my point stands.

Comment author: shokwave 02 April 2012 10:44:12AM 2 points [-]

I may add some warning to the beginning; it depends on whether we continue maintaining the spurious website. I'm a little concerned that so closely imitating the actual fanfiction.net will be problematic, but I also don't want this story to become unavailable.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 02 April 2012 10:54:36AM 3 points [-]

but I also don't want this story to become unavailable.

That seems the least difficult of concerns. You can post it normally to fanfiction.net, under your own nickname, titling it "An April's Fool's presentation of Methods of Rationality" or whatever -- so that nobody gets fooled, but still everyone can get to read it.