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Happy April Fools' Day: April 1, 2009

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Michael CM1 said:
I also call a little BS on the "MacRumors doesn't do April Fools" stuff. I could've sworn they had until now because I remember not liking one at all last year because rumors are hard enough to figure out without punking. But maybe that was an individual poster or two thinking they were hilarious.
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To clarify:
  • We never purposely pose stories that we know to be false, on April 1 or any other day.
  • We do not make up news stories or rumors, on April 1 or any other day.
  • In reporting the news on April 1, we work even harder than usual to avoid posting stories that are real-looking but are in fact pranks.
  • We enjoy jokes around the Internet on April 1 as much as anyone, and members are welcome to discuss them and point them out in this thread.
  • We've been known to add surprises to our own site, as long as they don't prevent people from getting the real news and rumors.
 
Michael CM1 said:
As Cartman would say, WEEEEEAK!

I also call a little BS on the "MacRumors doesn't do April Fools" stuff. I could've sworn they had until now because I remember not liking one at all last year because rumors are hard enough to figure out without punking. But maybe that was an individual poster or two thinking they were hilarious.
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ya, we've never posted an april fools news story. For the reason that rumor sites always struggle with credibility, and posting intentionally fake stories really makes that worse.

We do have non-editorial april fools jokes around, but they are usually more subtle.

arn
 
I love the 'femtext' rofl - Purple or new 'light purple' (oops all my text is in purple :S )

lol thanks for the morning chuckle guys n gals :)
 
arn said:
ya, we've never posted an april fools news story. For the reason that rumor sites always struggle with credibility, and posting intentionally fake stories really makes that worse.

We do have non-editorial april fools jokes around, but they are usually more subtle.

arn
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Page 3 is subtle? Speaking of which, is it coming back? It rocked! Speaking of speaking of which, ThinkGeek's April Fools' store is always a hoot.

I miss having a highly-trafficked site to tart up with April Fools' trickery. Must do something about that...
 
The radio this morning announced that some of the petrol stations were giving away half price petrol. listeners had to ring in to find out which were participating. they called it "april fuels days" wouldnt beleive the amount of people ringing up.

xUKHCx said:
Ahhh I thought it was at page3.macrumors.com thanks :D
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now thats hillarious
"news and rumors you cant believe"
 
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