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NPR April Fool's prank shows that no one reads the articles they comment on

Remember those obnoxious tests you took in elementary school that tested how well you followed directions? You'd be asked to read all the directions carefully before starting the test, and if you did, the directions would tell you not to take the test at all. If you didn't, you'd answer all the questions until you got to the end and were told you failed the test, because you didn't read the directions first. It was basically to find out if you were terrible with instructions or if you would've fared really well in 1930s Germany.

Earlier this week, NPR conducted a brilliant version of that test for April Fools’ Day. Except instead of trying to trip up third-graders with ADD, the joke was on their online readers who comment on articles without reading the story itself.

Basically, here’s what went down: Last Monday, NPR posted a link to a story on their Facebook page to a story with the headline, “Why Doesn’t America Read Anymore?”



Although the story looked legit, with art and a sub-hed and everything, if you actually clicked on the link, this is what popped up:




Clever, right? Because people do comment on stories without actually having read them all the time!

If you’ve ever spent at least two seconds perusing an Internet comments section, you can probably guess what happened next. That’s right: Most NPR readers are those terrible third graders who failed the test. The original Facebook thread got more than 1,500 comments, mostly from people who clearly hadn’t even clicked on the article.












I believe the term for what you just did, Ryan Balas, is "epic fail."

So what can we learn from this? Either that NPR and other media outlets should do away with Internet comments sections altogether, or we should get rid of the articles and just replace them with comments sections. What say you, Daily Dot readers? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments, if you hadn’t already.

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Five things not to do on social media on April Fool's Day

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Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day. Once a pleasant and happy day full of goofy newspaper articles and maybe the occasional whoopie cushion, social media has turned it into a world-spanning 24-hour crappy open mic night. So, if you’re going to play a prank on social media, for the love of God, don’t do any of the following.


Don’t Announce You’re Pregnant, Even If You Really Are Pregnant
Tomorrow is the worst day of the year to announce an actual pregnancy, because every uncreative, dimwitted couple on your Wall will be announcing the same thing. The only time I’ve ever seen this gag work was when an entire family was in on it, and the “pregnancy” announcement was just the start of a very long, elaborate bit that unfolded throughout the entire day. By the end of it, the “father” had narrowly escaped to Canada and the “mother’s” family had posted an event they invited everyone to for hunting him down.

Don’t Encourage Bullies
April Fool’s Day has always been a day that brings out the total jackass in some people, and social media has just made that worse. Crushing some poor sucker’s hopes and dreams just isn’t funny, and encouraging the jerk who inevitably posts a video of somebody doing this is even worse. If you need a yardstick for something being awful instead of funny, people breaking down crying is a good one.

Unless it’s children. The tears of children are always hilarious.

Don’t Assume Your Friends Are Idiots
Sure, right, we’ll click the link leading to a site where you have to squint closely at the image to see the “hidden secret.” Because we’re all in high school, and we all have IQs of thirty or lower. It’s not a prank if we can see it coming, and will post Goatse on your Wall for your trouble. Speaking of which…

Don’t Use A Rickroll or Goatse
Again, this is less a matter of taste, albeit Goatse is eternally tasteless, and more about creativity. If you’re going to trick people into watching something terrible, there are endless options for that. Really, just punch in “10 hours” into YouTube: You’ll have plenty of options. Just don’t crib from Paul Rudd.

Don’t Half-Ass It
This is probably the most annoying thing: People just write an obviously fake status and post it. Back it up: Choose a link for your claim that seems credible, for example, or spend a few minutes with Photoshop to create a convincing picture. Remember, nobody likes anything half-assed, so if you have to go, go full-assed this April Fool’s Day. Or wear assless chaps. It’s what I do.

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