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* It requires pranksters to do additional work by accomodating for people who don't want to be fooled. This is particularly difficult for resource-constrained organizations that are just trying to have a little fun on April Fools'. | * It requires pranksters to do additional work by accomodating for people who don't want to be fooled. This is particularly difficult for resource-constrained organizations that are just trying to have a little fun on April Fools'. | ||
* It's potentially a privacy violation for end-users because they're essentially broadcasting to every site they visit that they dislike April | * It's potentially a privacy violation for end-users because they're essentially broadcasting to every site they visit that they dislike April Fools' day. That makes it easier for sites to learn more about their identity. | ||
A more pragmatic and privacy-respecting approach to a "real" Do Not Fool feature might be to crowd-source a custom "April Fools' blacklist" from Twitter, and warn users visiting a pranked page via a door-hanger notification, or through a page similar to the [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/its-a-trap.html reported web forgery] warning. | A more pragmatic and privacy-respecting approach to a "real" Do Not Fool feature might be to crowd-source a custom "April Fools' blacklist" from Twitter, and warn users visiting a pranked page via a door-hanger notification, or through a page similar to the [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/its-a-trap.html reported web forgery] warning. | ||