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Post number 15969

wackybrit — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:13:01 -0800

You've got Blogs! AOL buys into homegrown media. April Fools Day starts with a bang in the UK. Determined to get linked by many a weblog, they put out a story about AOL purchasing popular weblogs. In related news, MetaFilter was said to be signing a merger agreement with Kuro5hin to pool content between the two sites.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:14:45 -0800

Yes! Crappy pompous essays combined with crappy arrogent links! Sweet!

By: BlueTrain

BlueTrain — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:21:11 -0800

In related news, MetaFilter was said to be signing a merger agreement with Kuro5hin to pool content between the two sites. We'll bring you more news as soon as we hear it. Whoa...this is at the end of the article...what does this mean?

By: rusty

rusty — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:22:15 -0800

No comment.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:24:11 -0800

MeFi joining forces with kuro5hin?Say it ain't so, Matt. I'm quite frankly amazed anyone at AOHell knows of MeFi's existence, I figured that crowd had just dicovered the HamsterDance.

By: Settle

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By: iconomy

iconomy — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:39:35 -0800

Is it April 1st already?

By: dchase

dchase — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:41:50 -0800

The wind of the savannah pushes the pollen to the top of the mountain Ahhhh... Ahhhh.... Ahhhh.... AHHHHCHOOOO!

By: BlueTrain

BlueTrain — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:44:30 -0800

well, i'm certainly an idiot...carry on.

By: betaray

betaray — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:54:29 -0800

You know what would be smart? If AOL had easy to use weblogs for all their lusers. People would eat that up. I wish I could some how get people to pay me for ideas like these.

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:23:48 -0800

Tip: Posting them on a public forum is a bad start. ;-)

By: realjanetkagan

realjanetkagan — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:28:45 -0800

I love April Fool's Day. Thanks, wackybrit. Uh, call me gullible ('cause all my friends do) but...is Ralph Rumney dead? If he is, his joke tops anything I've seen in my life.

By: chipr

chipr — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:07:52 -0800

And this just in ... from Google ...

By: Aikido

Aikido — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:11:20 -0800

Harharhar.... too bad it'd be more believable if the link were from a site other than The Register.

By: malevolent

malevolent — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:01:48 -0800

I just heard that April Fool's Day has been postponed until the 10th out of respect for the Queen Mother. Might be worth spreading the word if it's not already too late so people can keep their jokes fresh.