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#72Someone does this every year and the jokes still dominate the front page. Some people get upset about this and some people let those people know that it's not a big deal because it's only one day out of the year. This discussion is repeated on every joke submission.
Heck if I know, I submit April Fool's articles like Linus joins Microsoft to develop Windows 9. The submission gets flagged and my account temporarily not allowed to submit any more. I was submitting blog posts on technologies and startups and used a bit of a sense of humor as well, but the whole blog is blocked now and appears the entries are in "the phantom zone" or whatever. I don't really think that Hacker News h…
sorry to say that, but i saw your submission and it was not that funny...
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#73I put this one together. I tried to be pretty blatantly obvious but some people still bought it. http://www.cnn.com.2013.04.01.supreme.court.settles.marriage...
May I say, a brilliant use of domain names.
You may good sir! Fooled several friends with my use of the subdomain. Even after I told them I wrote it, "how'd you get an article on cnn?"
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
On second thought it could be real, but the notion of a startup needing a VP of engineering with 5 years of rails 3 experience seems absurd given how long rails 3 has been in existence. edit: there are several articles about this company since 2011, so I guess it is real... edit2: it's hard to take seriously with this line from the ad: "Yes, we realize that the best technology leaders are highly sought after. So why…
We specifically ask for, "5+ years of experience building and managing strong engineering organizations," not "5+ years of rails 3..." lol re: "edit2" - we're basically trying to convey that we're solving a real and serious problem (helping retailers compete with amazon). it's actually resonated with potential candidates since smart and motivated engineering leaders don't want to just be part of "the next groupon..."
Thanks for the response. You know your metrics better than I do -- the ad just stood out to me because the tone conflicted with the message.
Re: Show HN: April Fool's Pranks
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
We specifically ask for, "5+ years of experience building and managing strong engineering organizations," not "5+ years of rails 3..." lol re: "edit2" - we're basically trying to convey that we're solving a real and serious problem (helping retailers compete with amazon). it's actually resonated with potential candidates since smart and motivated engineering leaders don't want to just be part of "the next groupon..."
Thanks for the response. You know your metrics better than I do -- the ad just stood out to me because the tone conflicted with the message.
that's a good point...thinking of some edits...