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LinkedIn Pranks Users On April Fool's Day With Impossible Connections


First Posted: 04/01/11 09:15 AM ET Updated: 06/01/11 06:12 AM ET

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Linkedin April Fools Day Prank

LinkedIn is getting in on the April Fool's day fun.

On April 1st, the social network started including some unlikely connections in its "People you may know" widget, sprinkling in luminaries real and fake like Albert Einstein, Robin Hood (Activist/ Chief Fundraiser at Nottingham), and Wizard of In (Wizard at LinkedIn) among actual connection suggestions.

See screenshots of LinkedIn's prank below, then check out YouTube's April Fool's prank, as well as Google's and Hulu's.

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LinkedIn is getting in on the April Fool's day fun. On April 1st, the social network started including some unlikely connections in its "People you may know" widget, sprinkling in luminaries real a...
LinkedIn is getting in on the April Fool's day fun. On April 1st, the social network started including some unlikely connections in its "People you may know" widget, sprinkling in luminaries real a...
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Phil Hill 2012
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10:08 AM on 04/01/2011
Anyone know Einstein's email address?  Being an engineer I thought it would be a really powerful connection to have but of course you are supposed to know their email.
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09:26 AM on 04/01/2011
They got me. I thought it was hacked. Very good joke.
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