Are You Pulling an April 1st Prank on Your Readers?
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 by MattToday is April 1st.
Many sites take today as an opportunity to pull pranks on their readers. In addition to just being fun, this can stir-up some publicity. However, some people may not like it if you set-up a joke. Some people just don’t have a sense of humor…
Here are a few notable pranks from previous years:
- Google TiSP
- GMail Paper
- Mugglenet and Leaky Cauldron’s fictitious merger into “LeakyMug” (alas the WayBack was not able to capture it…)
- Numerous sites claiming to have been “hacked”
Those are the most memorable ones (read: the only ones that immediately come to mind). AprilFoolsDayOnTheWeb.com has big lists of jokes from 2007 and 2006, if you want to look further.
So, are you planning a prank? If you are, please share it here.
Some 2008 April Fools Pranks
- Webmaster-Source 2008 Merger
- Virgle
- GMail Custom time
- Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta EDIT: EnGadget assures that this one is NOT a prank. This is real. They have responded by adding even more Magenta to their site.
- Why We’re Suing Facebook For $25 Million In Statutory Damages
- YouTube RickRolls Its Users
- Live, from New York, it’s…Mark Zuckerberg?
- Google gDay™ with MATE™
2:50 pm on April 1st, 2008
Unfortunately ours is not a prank. We really did receive that letter from Deutsche Telekom asking us to discontinue using the color magenta.
3:00 pm on April 1st, 2008
Whoa. That’s so ridiculous, I thought It had to be a joke. Well, kudos for adding even more magenta then!