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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don't miss Internet April Fools.

It was funny 20 years ago when Google started doing it, fun to see high quality april fools from big established companies. But it got old very fast.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It was nice when it was limited to Usenet only. You knew what was coming and why, and generally speaking businesses stayed away from it.