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Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:36:36 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Christner writes:
> The train hoax was clearly a hoax? I don't think I agree with that, I
> never posted to that thread, but I followed it very closely. There was
> quite a bit of heated discussion about the matter. When it was
> revealed as a hoax, I know not everyone was laughing.
The train hoax was well perpetrated (Excellent work Ben!). I also followed the
thread closely, and as far as I know no-one who was tricked went on to
ask "hey, what's this April Fools Day thing you're all talking about?" 95% of
posters to Lugnet seem to be North American/European/Australasian: I hope most
of these people had previously encountered practical jokes on April 1.
> The AT-AT is another story, but it throws the idea out there that
> posting false upcoming product information is a good idea. There are
> perhaps some out there who can only read LUGNET thru a text based
> mailing list, did they see the AT-AT pictures or were they looking
> foward to seeing this new TLC product next year?
Again, although please correct me if I'm wrong, I think most Lugnetters have
Web access. Anyone who doesn't only had to wait a day before the joke was
fully described in text based replies to Greg's original message. By the way,
I thought it was a cool parody of both juniorisation and the hype that
surrounds "sneak peeks".
> Eventually some lurker is going to find a new catalog and post about
> it, only to have people say that its a hoax, only because of what has
> happened in the past. I don't feel that calling people liars is a good
> way to welcome them to the group.
Let's hope that this sad day for the AFOL community never comes to pass. Lego
is about fun and creativity, not tearing people down when they do something
fun and creative.
--Dave Low
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| (...) Including making amusing jokes. To turn the coin the other way: how might it make someone feel when he goes to all the trouble of making a really funny spoof picture, and then a bunch of people jump on him calling him a deceptive liar? (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The train hoax was clearly a hoax? I don't think I agree with that, I never posted to that thread, but I followed it very closely. There was quite a bit of heated discussion about the matter. When it was revealed as a hoax, I know not everyone (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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