April Fools

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April Fools is an annual holiday of sorts every 1st of the Gregorian month of April when people and organizations attempt various humorous posts & pranks, including on their personal sites, sometimes with technical proposals.

IndieWeb Examples

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• 2024-04-01: to2ds "April 1, 2024"
• Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

Technical Examples

Technical examples of April Fools jokes from folks in the IndieWeb community (can pre-date the community itself), or otherwise directly IndieWeb-related

• 2022-04-01: metaformats by Tantek Çelik
• 2003-04-01: CSS 4.1 proposal: text-transform:continental by Tantek Çelik

Brainstorming

Ideas for April Fools jokes from members of the community, or related to IndieWeb concepts, technologies:

• 2015-01-03 Tantek Çelik: https://chat.indieweb.org/2015-01-03/1420320130034000
• 2019-11-02 Aaron Parecki: https://aaronparecki.com/2019/11/02/32/april1

Alternatives

April Cools is an alternative to April Fools:

• https://www.aprilcools.club/
  • e.g. https://predr.ag/blog/wifi-only-works-when-its-raining/

See Also

• lulz
• April Fools on the Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_April_Fools%27_Day_jokes#Internet
  • IETF April Fools RFCs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments