Ever since the early days of the Internet, one simple rule of thumb has been common knowledge: If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. That’s always the case on April Fools’ Day. Switching your roommates’ salt with sugar is small potatoes compared to the lengths certain websites go to on what can be considered a prankster’s Christmas. That’s not to say every online trick is to be avoided. Let’s take a gander at some of the best and the worst the Internet has to offer today.

The Best

Google: Treasure Maps

You can always count on Google to introduce a new “feature” that’s so cool you wish it were real. Although its latest Maps gag doesn’t quite measure up to last year’s Nintendo-inspired theme, the tech giant has rolled out Treasure Maps, a viewing mode for its cartographic endeavors. Once you click on the “Try it now” button, your regular Maps display will be replaced by a familiar ink and parchment render. Much of the land surrounding Eugene in this mode can simply be described as, “Trees. Trees everywhere.”

YouTube: It was a contest all along

It turns out that for the last eight years, YouTube’s sole purpose has been to find the best video ever created. The service will apparently shut down at midnight on April 1, at which point its staff of 30,000 will review every video ever uploaded and declare a winner. Once the victor is crowned, all other media on YouTube’s servers will be deleted. When YouTube returns in 2023, the winning entry will play on an endless loop. The announcement video features myriad Internet celebrities, from Charlie of “Charlie Bit My Finger” fame to Antoine Dodson, who claims the first 10 minutes of Citizen Kane might be great and all, but Epic Skateboard Fail is obviously the superior work.

The Mediocre

Twitter: Twttr

Love it or hate it, Twitter has proven to be one of the most influential social networks ever created. Many of its detractors claim meaningful discourse is impossible in 140 characters. Just imagine if the service imposed a new restriction, like requiring a premium account to construct a post using vowels. Twttr was introduced as the service’s basic offering, requiring users to pay in order to access the letters A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y.

deviantArt: deviantHEART

One of the most popular platforms for Internet artists has — finally — launched its own dating site: deviantHEART. Existing deviantArt users simply click on the prompt on their homepage and fill out a short questionnaire, asking them if they value wealth, looks or loyalty in a potential partner. Our prayers go out to the one deviantArtist who never catches on and ends up moving to the Netherlands in order to unite with his or her ideal chalk artist.

 The Soul-Crushing

Valve Software: Half-Life 4

If there’s one industry that truly embraces April Fools’ Day, it’s the folks who work with video games. And if there’s one sure way to upset rabid gamers, it’s by offering them appealing products that may never exist. It’s rare for a publisher to get in on the joke, however, and Valve Software has done just that by “releasing” an alpha version of Half-Life 4 exclusively for Linux. Fans have been clamoring for a follow-up to Half-Life 2 since the game’s release in 2004 and instead, Gabe Newell & Co. have purportedly leapfrogged the much-anticipated sequel. Way to give gullible nerds the world over a collective heart attack.

Domino’s: Pizza in a can

As Kotaku reports, Domino’s Pizza is advertising a pizza-in-a-can product in Japan. The less said about that, the better.

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Of course, this isn’t an all-inclusive list of everything the Internet has to offer today. Feel free to share your favorites in the comments below.