April Fools fail or win?

[Zyada]

I disagree. You can't just lie and say it's a joke. Well, ok you can, but here's what you're really saying:

"I think it's funny that you trust me enough to think that I'm telling you the truth. I think this is funny enough that I'm going to lie to you about something that could easily be true, without giving you any clue that I might be lying."

Really, why does anyone think it's funny to demonstrate that people are trusting them when they shouldn't be?

[living_in_hell]

"Really, why does anyone think it's funny to demonstrate that people are trusting them when they shouldn't be?"

Ummmmm I sorta thought that was a given, in the context of April Fools Day

[nikonikosuru]

I vote fail. Not even remotely funny. I know it's subjective that AF jokes should have some humor so I'm willing to let that pass. But what's the point of flat out lying to family and friends, making them feel dumb, and making them less reluctant to believe you on any future significant announcements?
If you're gonna do a joke on facebook, at least make it entertaining or worth remembering. Not something that people will look back on (if they even do) with a face at best.

[Double Foolscap]

When you say "your friends believed you"... Do you mean actual friends, or Facebook friends whom you haven't seen in years?

Whenever I see a status update on Facebook, I don't get invested in it unless it's somebody I see in real life (cold, heartless bastard that I am). I might give it a Like if I'm in a clicky mood. If I then find out that it's a joke or somebody hacking the account, I'm not really annoyed that I was "fooled" as it had no impact on my life. All in all, a pointless exercise from my point of view.

The only Facebook prank I've pulled that was even remotely amusing was to change the birthday of a friend (in my defence, she started it). She knew I'd been on her profile but couldn't work out what I'd done until a few days later when everybody started sending happy birthday messages. The fact that this doesn't sound funny at all should give you an idea how funny Facebook shenanigans usually are.

(I did enjoy the time I changed my computer wallpaper to my Facebook page and left the room, knowing that somebody would assume I'd left things unguarded. The sound of furtive feet, a mouse click and a groan of realisation was well worth it.)

[DrFidelius]

Remember the boy who cried "Wolf" one time too many, and the pissed off villagers killed him and savaged his body to make it look as if a wolf had actually done it.

[SeaDragonTattoo]

Originally Posted by Zyada

Really, why does anyone think it's funny to demonstrate that people are trusting them when they shouldn't be?

Originally Posted by living_in_hell

Ummmmm I sorta thought that was a given, in the context of April Fools Day

One: you really need to start getting the hang of quote boxes. People are having difficulty parsing what you're quoting,especially when they quote-reply to your wrongly formatted posts and downthread it gets mixed up. I can't be the only one noticing some misunderstandings going on because of it. It's not cool when a quote from someone else isn't separated from your own post. Seriously. Preview. Fix it before submitting, you can do it all day until you get it right.

Two: for a lot of people, April 1st is ... big surprise ... April 1st. Especially when it's on a weekend when they might not be catching morning news before work or catch on to what day it is because of morning hijinks at work. It's just not so funny when you're not in on what day it is, especially if you're one to not really give a shit about "everything's a joke like sixth grade day" in the first place.