Is the Youtube pronouncement an April fool's joke?

If it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is.

The facts that it closes with a April 1 calendar page and was uploaded by “Rusty Blazenhoff” might be subtle clues to the spirit of this “stunning announcement.”

That’s a April Fool’s joke, but this is definitely real.

The contest part might be true but I don’t think Youtube would really shut down completely. There were lots of rumors of facebook closing down and whether or not they would start charging people to use the site, but that never happened.

You really think that a corporation that does not do commit to any long term plans would continue such a long term intent of a website they bought in 2006?

@glacial so my phone is going to smell like flowers, I can hardly wait!!!

I didn’t think it could be for real, but I did have some videos there that I had eliminated from my laptop, so I did download them. Better safe than sorry!

It might be possible to consider taking it seriously if they didn’t say such cheesy things.

Here’s the definitive answer on it, as well as why it was such a convincing job.

Google Nose would bring a whole new (and possibly unwelcome) dimension to porn-surfing…

@downtide To me the scents of sex are the hottest part of it. But even the best perfumers have never managed to come close to matching the scent of woman, or man for that matter. But if they can duplicate the actual scents of lust, that would be a very welcome dimension of porn-surfing to me. I suppose anyone who objected could either turn the nose off or program it to make them think they are a bee sucking pollen out of a rose. But just for the record, for now at least, Google Nose is also an April Fool’s prank.

Oh, and here’s more on the April Fools mischief stemming from the Google vs. Microsoft rivalry as well as contributions from YouTube and Twitter.

@ETpro
then this might be just for you, lol

@rooeytoo They have got some NSFW seriously strange products on that website. Should I have put a condom over my keyboard before clicking through to that?

Holy moley, you searched a lot further than I did. I read the youtube article then departed. Now I am embarrassed that I linked to site advertising artificial spunk, omg!!!!!

@rooeytoo My sincere apologies. It was not you but @ragingloli that posted that site. And it was a total error on my part to type in @r and then click the first name that came up. Id correct it via editing if it weren’t too late. Would you like me to flag my comment and ask that it be deleted? I’ll be happy to do so, and I apologize profusely for the mix-up.

hehehe, thank goodness, I still have my propriety intact. Nah, no biggie, I am just pleased to learn that the link I provided did not lead you to that site! If I am providing such information to the jellies at large, I like to at least be aware and doing it on purpose.

@rooeytoo Yeah, a NSFW tip is welcome before clicking on such a link. I happen to work for the most incredibly understanding boss on Earth—me. But I do know lots of people are not so lucky.