Don't fall for these April Fools' Day pranks: From Ghostbusters on Tinder to AI pranks... companies get creative with their gags

Companies with a habit of celebrating April Fool's Day each year have already started fooling their customers today.

Tinder and Budsies are just two of the companies that have nailed their April Fools' Day gags by posting a video on Instagram and a video on YouTube.

The popular dating app may have used Ghostbusters as their inspiration while the custom stuffed animal company was inspired by artificial intelligence (AI).

Tesla is also a company rumored to have posted their own April Fool's gag on X this morning.

Customers and social media users have already fallen for April Fools' Day jokes but here are a few creative jokes that others should look out for. 

7-Eleven, Tinder, and Budsies are just three of the various companies that have been putting on April Fools Day gags this year on their websites and social media

Tinder fooled their users into thinking that their was a job opening for a made up role as the VP of Ghosting - a term popular amongst users on the app 

Budsies, a company known for creating customized stuffed animals, pretended to release a new doll with AI in a YouTube video and on their website

Anyone that is interested in working for Tinder may have got their hopes crushed after the dating app revealed that a job they advertised was not real.

The word ghosting is a common word amongst Tinder users who no longer wish to communicate with another user on the dating app.

'Ghosting' was featured in a new job opening that was available on their website.

The so-called job opening led individuals to believe that a full time remote VP of Ghosting position was available at the company.

Unfortunately, job applicants who were required to have a record of ghosting were fooled by Tinder as the VP of Ghost Hunting was never a real job.

Members of Tinder who were ghosted may have been able to get their hands on an all-new AI Buddy.

'You're AI Buddy will learn everything about you,' said videotaker Danny Jordan.

Everyone who's hoping for one of those buddies will also be let down since that product doesn't exist. Lucky for those consumers, they are not the only ones that were fooled by products.

The doll was revealed to be an April Fool's Day joke on their website after individuals attempted to purchase the doll

Subway pretended to release two new sandwiches called the Gherkin Grinder but admitted that it was a joke less than two hours later. 

7-Eleven is known to put on unique April Fool's Day nearly every year.

The convenience store chain introduced a new product called Tiny Gulp in 2022, which was a 0.7 ounce drink that cost 7 cents.

One Instagram user thought the tiny drink was 'adorable' while others assumed it was an April Fool's Day joke.

7-Eleven upped their game this year and introduced a new drink called Big Bite Hot Dog Sparkling Water.

A few unlucky customers had the opportunity to try the beverage and only one of them admitted to liking it. 

'Ngl, this flavor blew up even more than i thought,' an Instagram user from 7-Eleven wrote in the video caption.

Scotch, Welch's, Subway, and Kevin's Natural Foods have promoted fake products like drinks, food, and on their Instagram accounts.  

Tesla, a popular company that has concocted terrifying April Fools' Day jokes, has been rumored to have made another joke that does not include products.  

7-Eleven gave the drink to a few unlucky individuals that were not satisfied with the drink. However, one consumer did actually enjoy the beverage

Tesla founder and X acquirer Elon Musk is known for posting a variety of April Fools' Day jokes on his social media every year and has joked about jobs and employment 

Tesla's co-founder Elon Musk posted a frightening tweet in 2018 that said the company went bankrupt.

'Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last-ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt,' he wrote.

Musk posted a new tweet at 3:37 am this morning and it said that he is going Disney as their Chief DEI Officer.

'Can't wait to work with Bob Iger & Kathleen Kennedy to make their content MORE woke!,' he wrote.

One hour later, he revealed in another X post that he had to 'come clean.'

So far, his 2024 April Fool's Day tweet has been viewed by more than 30 million X users.

The official X account on the social media platform also shared a controversial tweet this morning saying that the website would now make all their users DMs, drafts, and bookmarks public.

X users who have commented on the post have left angry tweets while others have believe the post is an April Fools' joke. 

Television personalities may need to watch out this year as well due to a joke made on an episode of Saturday Night Live.

Michael Che convinced audiences not to laugh during a joke made by Colin Jost on Weekend Update, which was highly publicized in the week following.