Why Your April Fools Post Isn’t Funny
Ah yes, April 1. The day I wipe all my news feeds and wait for April 2. “Why?” you ask. Here are the general problems with the posts I’ve seen so far this morning. A corporate prank post announces a feature in a product that would actually solve a problem for people. But ha ha, you’re kidding. A corporate prank post announces a feature that wouldn’t solve a problem for anybody. What made the early April 1 RFCs a little amusing was that they relied on deep insider knowledge of networking topics and were decent original parodies in their own right. Imitation might be the highest form of flattery, but you’re ripping them off, not imitating them. Please stop. Besides, very …
