Tomorrow is the most dangerous day of the year on the internet. The problem is that many people don't understand this whole "April Fools' Day" thing, and that some people take far too much glee in it. While it's true that the absolute best April Fools' Day joke is one that seems completely true until the last line, it's also true that too many people nowadays don't bother to read all the way to the last line.
And then there are people who don't realize that you have to put something in the joke to make it clear to any attentive person that it's actually a joke. While an emphasis on the date is good, it's often not enough. Too many jokes are far too believable, and get reported as truth because the zinger isn't in the joke itself.
As a reader, I take everything I see first reported on April 1st as a joke until I see independent confirmation on other days. It's the only way to survive the most dangerous day of the year on the internet. As a website designer, my April Fools' Day jokes tend to be pretty obvious, with the hope of raising a chuckle in my readers instead of springing a "Gotcha!" on them.
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