Comments on: Facebook Users & App Developers Play Practical Jokes for April Fool’s Day http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/04/01/facebook-users-app-developers-play-practical-jokes-for-april-fools-day/ Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Spear http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/04/01/facebook-users-app-developers-play-practical-jokes-for-april-fools-day/comment-page-1/#comment-19903 Mike Spear Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:52:36 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=7900#comment-19903 "technically against the terms of service" So TOS has a REAL meaning when: When someone complains? Someone is party to a perceived injury? There is a legal violation? Or when administrators say so? Though there were some clever spoofs or jokes floating around I found the entire day to be a pain and pretty much quit looking at Facebook, Twitter, etc because it felt like a bunch of high school kids or University geeks having way too much fun with their toys. Social media does a great job of spreading around some really useful stuff. Problem is it also does a great job of spreading around complete junk. “technically against the terms of service”
So TOS has a REAL meaning when:
When someone complains?
Someone is party to a perceived injury?
There is a legal violation?
Or when administrators say so?

Though there were some clever spoofs or jokes floating around I found the entire day to be a pain and pretty much quit looking at Facebook, Twitter, etc because it felt like a bunch of high school kids or University geeks having way too much fun with their toys.

Social media does a great job of spreading around some really useful stuff. Problem is it also does a great job of spreading around complete junk.

]]> By: Bryan Bennett http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/04/01/facebook-users-app-developers-play-practical-jokes-for-april-fools-day/comment-page-1/#comment-19892 Bryan Bennett Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:06:29 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=7900#comment-19892 Nice. We received a ton of support emails today at Watercooler because users thought our Barack Obama app was sending sketchy notifications. We were completely confused. At least I now know where those came from. On our side, we sent tons of sports notifications telling fans their best player got traded, coach got fired, team was moving, etc. Most of them thought it was funny...Yankees fans, not so much. Nice. We received a ton of support emails today at Watercooler because users thought our Barack Obama app was sending sketchy notifications. We were completely confused. At least I now know where those came from. On our side, we sent tons of sports notifications telling fans their best player got traded, coach got fired, team was moving, etc. Most of them thought it was funny…Yankees fans, not so much.

]]> By: FanSection Blog - Sports, Social Media, Analysis, Commentary http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/04/01/facebook-users-app-developers-play-practical-jokes-for-april-fools-day/comment-page-1/#comment-19891 FanSection Blog - Sports, Social Media, Analysis, Commentary Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:53:11 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=7900#comment-19891 [...] April Fools Day tends to be big business in Silicon Valley whether it be blogs or tech companies.  When we set out to do something for April Fools Day, we wanted it to be something that benefited the company but also engaged and amused our users.  Luckily, we’re working with sports here so the opportunities were endless.  Sports fans are some of the most passionate people around, and news about their team is always sure to drive some interest…i.e. clicks.  That got users back to the community to talk to fellow fans, but it also drove them straight to a splash page with a merchandise upsell - which means revenue to Watercooler.  [...] [...] April Fools Day tends to be big business in Silicon Valley whether it be blogs or tech companies.  When we set out to do something for April Fools Day, we wanted it to be something that benefited the company but also engaged and amused our users.  Luckily, we’re working with sports here so the opportunities were endless.  Sports fans are some of the most passionate people around, and news about their team is always sure to drive some interest…i.e. clicks.  That got users back to the community to talk to fellow fans, but it also drove them straight to a splash page with a merchandise upsell – which means revenue to Watercooler.  [...]

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