Hrm.. what word stands out there .. 'jokes'. Meaning humor, something funny .. April Fool's jokes were supposed to be meant as just that, something to laugh at. More importantly, something that really stood out as a JOKE if you thought about it.

Defacing a web page with NO indication it is a joke is lame. It is more lame than the masses of script kiddies that do it day in and day out. Putting SOME kind of indication in the source or subtle and clever humor in the text is funny, humorous and might stand out as a joke.

Antioffline (www.antioffline.com) is funny. Not only did they parody an active defacing group, they put some indication in the source code that it was just that .. a joke.

For any of you other would be hoax/joke types, remember this.

ie: ANY defacement warning you receive today .. take it with a grain of salt please. we attempt to be fast and efficient .. that may come at the cost of missing some humor. if something is/was a hoax, POLITELY let us know or point out your suspicion and we will go from there.

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