Comments on: FYI – We Didn’t Really Aquire F***edCompany

By: April Fools « RobotSkirts

April Fools « RobotSkirts — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:50:36 +0000

[...] it works. My favorite example is when TechCrunch posted their April 1st joke on March 31st and then wondered a month later why people still believe [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:24:04 +0000

April Fools jokes are getting out of control on the Internet. If you’re a trustworthy news site why would you jeopardize your reputation like this? Perhaps give it a miss next year, you didn’t do yourself any favors.

By: Blogrolle.net

Blogrolle.net — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:21:34 +0000

Goldrausch…

So – raschelraschelraschel. Zeitung aufschlagen.

Microsoft kauft Yahoo (iss nix dran), Google kauft SimplyHired (in Verhandlung), Murdoch kauft Dow Jones (tss, nur ein Gebot), Thomson kauft Reuters (schon akzeptiert?), Techcrunch kauft F***edCompany (…

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 07 May 2007 10:32:59 +0000

That’s fucked.

By: Adi

Adi — Mon, 07 May 2007 03:13:06 +0000

A paid/commercial joke?

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 06 May 2007 14:42:25 +0000

+1 for don’t mess with your brand image. I will unsubscribe from TC’s RSS.

-10 for TC. Bad site with a bad joke.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:24:56 +0000

I was among the many (evidently) who believed this. In fact, I’d lowered my daily diligence of reading Techcrunch from “always”, to “maybe tomorrow” when I have lots of down time. Even a smart guy like you can learn something from time to time; don’t mess with your brand image, not on April Fool’s day or any other day of the year.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 06 May 2007 07:53:52 +0000

That is what happens when you post stuff on a web site and
think it is cute. You should be fired. Maybe in your next job
you’ll act older than a 9 year old on April Fools day.

By: Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:34:14 +0000

I didn’t know it was a joke until just now. Good joke I guess.

By: shafi

shafi — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:57:31 +0000

You got me fooled

By: Igor

Igor — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:48:54 +0000

Frankly, I fell for it too.
It did make sense to do. Why not?
If it was an april fools joke – you should have called it as such on 2nd or 3rd, not a whole month after that. Just a friendly suggestion.
BTW, here i the list of REAL events that happened on April 1st:
http://en.wikip...rg/wiki/April_1. None was a joke.

By: jason

jason — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:20:49 +0000

Try our site: http://open-bit.com . Not to replace TC but to give you more news/blog exposure.

By: Hate TC

Hate TC — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:38:37 +0000

Guys, anyone know other websites that can replace TC? I need a legitimate news source.

I think GigaOM is a good alternative. Any ideas?

By: Hate April Fools

Hate April Fools — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:30:37 +0000

Mike. Please stop doing April fools joke. I just hate it. I can’t understand why people would lying to people. What a stupid thing. I hate you Mike. You fools me. I’ve told the story to my friends. I won’t believe your site anymore. Sorry folk. It’s your fault. Not mine.

Good bye.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:58:29 +0000

I’m a Korean blogger and I analyzed the meaning of the deal on my blog. Now I have to tell my subscriber that it was just a joke. Well..You were too serious..^^

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:14:07 +0000

@ other – unfortunately, I have been around far, far too long. Oh, you mean TechCrunch… well, yeah, you’re probably right.

By: Dahas

Dahas — Sat, 05 May 2007 10:34:44 +0000

For a serious news and analysis website like TechCrunch, it was absolutely out of whack to have a April Fool’s joke. If it was a joke, you shoudln’t have written such a long post, explaining the rationale of the deal, etc and etc, and then expect readers to take it as a joke.
It was just unnecessary, and we don’t know if we should take you seriously if you break an actual story on next April 1.

By: nedders

nedders — Sat, 05 May 2007 09:11:37 +0000

God, Arrington, can’t ex-lawyers go on some sort of de-anally retentive rehab program?

By: Mike Volpe

Mike Volpe — Sat, 05 May 2007 09:09:21 +0000

Perhaps all the interested people asking about the deal and not thinking it was a joke shows you that it could actually be a good idea to buy them after all?

By: other

other — Sat, 05 May 2007 05:41:50 +0000

Brad, I think your comparison might be going a little overboard. Also, “I didn’t really see any humour to it and it did make me doubt everything else you reported that day ” – if you don’t doubt EVERY post a little at techcrunch at least a little, you haven’t been around here long enough. This place doesn’t have the best track record. :/

By: chanquest

chanquest — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:16:00 +0000

Mike,
I take what you write on your blog as newsworthy and I actually looked at F*****Company’s website (for what that was worth). I really question the integrity of your site now. I can understand if you relied on rumors and reported them as such but I rely on your site for news content, not a good joke.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:15:58 +0000

@How do you know if TC didn’t aquire FuckedCompany?

By not being a freaking retard.

By: Scott Johnston

Scott Johnston — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:46:20 +0000

I’m embarrassed to say it took me most of the day to realize it was a joke.

http://www.happ...fully-invented/

By: STFU

STFU — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:37:18 +0000

@How do you know if TC didn’t aquire FuckedCompany?

Nobody cares about other countries.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:33:12 +0000

lolz.

Sorry, no other comment really can express the humor in this.