On 31 March 2016 at 07:14, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 08:44:07AM -0300, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: >> Hi everyone! >> >> I like the idea of doing some pranks in that day (that I don't >> remember which one exactly is). I think we should throw some ideas to >> the list, and see which one looks best. >> If we can prank on something else but another company better, if not, >> I don't mind to joke on Microsoft as Chaoyi said they have been joking >> on us for a long while. > > -1 on this idea. April Fools Day isn't a global event, for one thing, > so we'd be going over the heads of some folks. Also satire runs the > risk of poking people in the eye unintentionally, and we shouldn't be > doing that either. I think this idea has come up multiple times over > the last 13 years and usually shot down for the same reasons. Let's > leave the April Fools stuff to the snarky outlets. >From past experiences, April Fool's jokes require weeks to months of preparation to get right. Most of the time doing it at the last minute comes across as exactly that: last minute. It then gets misinterpreted, offensive, or a dozen other things than a little cheeky comment to make people smile and laugh for a minute. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List info or to change your subscription: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
