well, the funniest April Fool's i have experienced till now is on a PTC site. There, on the occasion of 1st April, the Admin put 1000000$ as the account money the member has earned, and many people tried to cash it out. When he clicked on cashout, it said : Happy April Fool's Day!!!
Shoe had a good one last year too. He made a video with something like make a K a day. But the sound broke up during the key parts of how you would make a K? a day. Tons of people fell for it.
I don't know if it was just me or not, but there wasn't anything funny in it at all ~~ (and yes, i've watched the video) and yes i've noticed that he is wearing a "Dharma " suit from Lost ...
Here's good list in techcrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/0...-a-blimp-3d-chrome-browsing-google-master-ai/ my aprils fools trick made it to that list btw!
It's a combination of entertainment and marketing strategies.Great thread to learn at the same time have fun.