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There's a SubHN for April Fool's submissions, /hn/aprilfools. Blame the community for not using it properly.
The 37signals one really got me: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2838-were-relocating-everyone... I was annoyed at them for blasting remote work, until I started reading through the article and realized it was a joke.
It's one freaking day of the year. If you insist on being a total curmudgeon, can't you just skip the internet for a day? Come back tomorrow. If you miss one real article, the world will not come to a screeching halt.
I always like those years when April 1 falls on a weekend. And, to paraphrase Homer, what's the chances of April 1 being on a Saturday? Must be 1 in 1000.
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you sly dog!
What do you think, 2.5/10? I didn't put a lot of effort into it.
That was a proper "prank", if a simple one.
Can we also skip the submissions asking people not to post things instead of just letting the community decide the same way it's been done for years?
Meta-discussions can be tiresome, but communities die if content is chosen strictly by popularity. Some moderation must be applied, and the most important things to moderate are the things that are popular but subtly undermine the site's purpose. In this particular case the poster is being very reasonable: no lame submissions. "Joel on Coal" is a good example. That might have been funny as h*ll back when Joel was blo…
Why? Let's talk about this.
EDIT: I wonder if there's an analogy here for democracies and recent US legislation: the most important things to moderate are the things that are popular but subtly undermine the site's purpose.
(Oh noes! I've added politics to a meta-discussion! [dons asbestos long johns and ducks])
Can we also skip the submissions asking people not to post things instead of just letting the community decide the same way it's been done for years?
Ha ha...you almost had me there. I get it: your april fool's joke is that you're imagining that the community has a history of dealing with these things without going meta. Good one!
Seriously. After PGs systems were hacked and all YC applications were deleted last night - this is no time to joke, especially on HN!!!
That was just wrong and the opposite of funny.