April Fools is the one holiday I can’t stand on the Internet. Every year, people do lame tricks or have some sort of elaborate surprise announced on that day. It’s particularly annoying with game sites.
For example, at WiiNintendo, a site on my RSS feed list, there were a series of pranks. Oh, and the first one started on March 31st! They can’t even keep it on the right day now, because all the other game sites up the ante and try to get people to fall for THEIR stuff. It’s not life or death stuff, but many is it annoying to sort through. Keep in contained to a single day, and hopefully a single post if you MUST do an April Fools prank.
I check news sites for NEWS. Don’t waste my time. If I think I’m being lied to, why would I want to go back to that place as a reliable source of news? The broadcast nightly news programs certainly doesn’t do “April Fools” jokes, because people trust them for information, and when they lie their credibility is (theoretically) damaged.
Even if there is ONE day were people say it is “OKAY” to lie, the more elaborate the lie, the more it convinces me you make up stuff on other days. Why else would you bother?
If April Fool’s was presented as a “Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet, check your facts” sort of holiday, I’d be a lot better with it. Instead, it’s a bunch of stupid links and dumb lies. Just a heads up, RickRolling is the lamest thing on the Internet. Ever. Even lamer than this guy.
Sorry to rant, but it’s the same ever year.
