Tobias Häberli
Researcher and writer focused on epistemic infrastructure and Effective Altruism community topics; author of the forum post investigating an annual spike in false claims on the EA Forum.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 6min
“An unexplained annual spike in false claims on the EA Forum” by Tobias Häberli
Tobias Häberli, a researcher-writer on epistemic infrastructure in EA, describes a startling recurrent pattern: every April 1 the forum shows a massive spike in verifiably false claims. He walks through the effect size, its yearly recurrence, the surprising high-effort quality of many false posts, why one day matters more than it seems, and possible interventions to reduce harm.
