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I disagree in one way, but agree in another. It's one day in 365, it provides a little bit of relief. But, of course, there are a lot of lame jokes. Just like
by antihero 13y ago
I disagree in one way, but agree in another. It's one day in 365, it provides a little bit of relief.
But, of course, there are a lot of lame jokes. Just like there are a lot of lame news articles that could potentially be posted on the site but are not upvoted.
So why don't we optimise the SNR, and only upvote good April Fools pranks?
I think that's a good compromise.
- ozh 13y agoYou've just described how HN works.
- antihero 13y agoI know, right? :)
- panacea 13y ago"It's one day in 365, it provides a little bit of relief." Traditionally, 'April Fools' pranks were one morning at the start of April, and the gags ended at midday. It's never worked properly on the internet and has bled either side to something like 2 days, internet time. That's a non-significant amount of time as a proportion of the year to have to deal with bogus shit.
- danellis 13y agoOnly upvote the good posts? Isn't that what's supposed to happen every day? Sounds like today is business as usual.