When it comes to the Web there is nothing more ridiculous than thinking we can translate an already stupid idea into an equally stupid idea on the Web.
Why?
Simple.
Timezones.
Yes people April Fool’s happens on April 1st. The only problem is that April 1st happens at different times around the world because we all live in different timezones. This means that what someone might think as being a cute funny idea to pull on everyone turns out to be a complete flop and doesn’t do much to so that we have the slightest understanding of timezones.
Case in point – Problogger’s post today telling the world that Darren Rowse had sold his premier blog to Google.
Now I will admit that it was kind of cute and obviously a practical joke but as an April Fool’s joke .. well #FAIL. The reason why is that Darren lives in Australia which means that April 1st comes to his slice of the world almost a full day ahead of the people who would even think this was cutesy funny. Except it wasn’t.
So here’s an idea. Let’s call it quits regarding the idea of trying to pull April Fool’s jokes on each other here on the Web because not only are they mostly inane and stupid but also because this whole timezone thing takes all the humor out of it.
Thank You.
