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Metatalktail Hour: Fool around and/or find out

Happy April 1, friends. In honor of the day, maybe you'd like to share some of the best and worst pranks (April Fool's or otherwise) that you have experienced or perpetrated, and while we're at it, we can also keep track of what shenanigans people are finding online or out in the world today. [more inside]
posted by taz on Apr 1, 2023 - 37 comments

Metatalktail Hour: April Fools!

Happy weekend, MetaFilter! What's the best April Fool's joke you've ever played or seen played? [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Apr 1, 2022 - 53 comments

Uncle Mefi's Big Book of Beans

Cooped up because of reasons, and need something to distract yourself? Spend a little time with Uncle Mefi's Big Book of Beans [PDF], a collection of paper and pencil activities for MeFites of all ages. Word puzzles! Coloring! Money counterfeiting! Graduate-level logic problems! More coloring! [more inside]
posted by cortex on Apr 1, 2021 - 33 comments

Right day, wrong century

Oh man, someone printed this calendar wrong; it's actually April 1, 1921, and it turns out we're all a bunch of French Dadaists. Nothing to do for it but play a little Exquisite Corpse I guess! [more inside]
posted by cortex on Apr 1, 2021 - 264 comments

April Fun Indoor Scavenger Hunt

Trying to run with a regular April Fools gag feels super weird this year, so...let's just have an indoor scavenger hunt! Can you find THE ROUNDEST THING in your home? Find a thing that needs finding, post a picture and/or description of it in the thread, suggest something else for folks to look for! [more inside]
posted by cortex on Apr 1, 2020 - 131 comments

Crouton Petting Over IP

crouton petting, n.
1. the state of feeling or expressing an anthropomorphized fondness, affection, or compassion for inanimate objects
2. the state of just literally petting some actual croutons
MetaFilter has only been able to accommodate that first definition (cf. this discussion among others)...until now. Thanks to recent improvements in both baking and recombinant genetics, we're happy to announce the opening of the world's first interactive Crouton Petting Zoo. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Apr 1, 2019 - 296 comments

Bringing back gopher was just the start.

Tired of increasingly bloated, over-designed web interfaces? Looking for a way to enjoy your content without all the dozens of JavaScript trackers and endless needless geegaws? Give the new MetaFilter Reader interface a shot! Clean, classic design; mobile friendly; it even comes with its own games! [more inside]
posted by cortex on Mar 31, 2018 - 136 comments

MetaJokes Podcast 'April Fool's Edition'

Back in January we had a year end call-in show/podcast. MeFites were able to call a line that Cortex set up to record seasonal greetings and well-wishes. A fun way to connect and listen to all of the wonderful people that make up our community. A number of MeFites called in and told some humorous jokes/asides. I previously mentioned how it might be fun to have a specific call-in episode for just jokes that would then be released on April Fools' Day (April 1). I realize it's a bit of behind the scenes work for our moderators, but if they're open to it, I think it would be fun. Let's discuss whether we can make that happen.
posted by Fizz on Mar 1, 2018 - 39 comments

Introducing the Faves & Flags roleplaying system

We've received a large volume of user complaints in the last few months about performance issues with our current version of reality, and so today we're rolling out some fantasy instead to see if that can help take the strain off. Please help us beta test this new initiative with the Faves & Flags Character Sheet Generator. Want more detail? Check out what little remains of the original game manual (or a more legible and screen-reader friendly OCR version here). [more inside]
posted by cortex on Apr 1, 2017 - 585 comments

Paradigm shifting the edit window

We're kicking off a trial partnership with tech startup Spell, Actualy to reduce the moderation load of edit-window-related site activity. Help us test out the new process inside! [more inside]
posted by cortex on Apr 1, 2016 - 518 comments

91: Because Math?

A new podcast covering the month of March and the recent April Fools. It runs about 90min long and was recorded yesterday. [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Apr 3, 2014 - 55 comments

80: Your Go-to Salad

The 80th podcast was recorded on Monday, April 29th and runs about 90min in length, covering all the best posts, comments, and questions in April of 2013 [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Apr 30, 2013 - 50 comments

April Last!

Just wanted to mention that the semi-official thread of this year's MetaFilter April Fool's Thingy (and the only one that continued to issue "staff tags" to every comment after April 1st was over) is going to be closing in a few hours. So if you haven't found out what your randomly-selected title is supposed to be, go there and leave a comment. (And if you don't like the tag you've been given, just refresh the page! It's so random!) [more inside]
posted by oneswellfoop on Apr 29, 2012 - 48 comments

April Frist!

It's only 10pm here in Albuquerque, but it's April 1st somewhere, so I'm giving everyone randomized (staff) tags in MetaTalk! Happy April!
posted by filthy light thief on Mar 31, 2012 - 1948 comments

Bizarre Firefox behavior: MeFi background colors get lighter hue over time.

Bizarre Firefox behavior: MeFi background colors get lighter hue over time. [more inside]
posted by Cool Papa Bell on Apr 27, 2008 - 21 comments

Taste the rainbow!

Why are metafilter pages showing up in different colors today? I've seen red, light green, and purple in addition to the regular colors. [more inside]
posted by sixcolors on Apr 1, 2008 - 170 comments

01 April 2007

Thanks for the laughs.
posted by dobbs on Mar 31, 2007 - 22 comments

Is there no room on metafilter for fun?

I noticed all of Eideteker's "APRIL FOOLS!" comments were deleted. Is there no room on metafilter for fun?
posted by Citizen Premier on Apr 1, 2006 - 58 comments

Andre Patel, ABD, MIT Media Lab

There Is No Spoon.
posted by Freen on Dec 14, 2005 - 43 comments

When the wiki destroyed Tokyo

mathowie : "... it was total unbridled chaos. I’ve never seen a wiki be so destructive." I blame John Bonham.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Apr 6, 2004 - 10 comments

Wiki April Fool's prank.

Ok, funs over, the wiki code was totally killing the box. I just might keep it up for shits and giggles at a different location.
posted by mathowie on Apr 1, 2004 - 25 comments

MetaFilter as social experiment hoax by mathowie

Does anybody know where that fake page that mathowie put up a few years ago when MeFi was down is hiding? This is the one where he claims that Metafilter was a social experiment in AI and that the vast majority of the writers here were simply software constructs. This was right after he got on the cover of some magazine, and said it was just some actor..... Thanks.
posted by danbeckmann on Mar 19, 2004 - 11 comments

www.Met4filter.com expired yesterday

www.Met4filter.com expired yesterday, don't think its an April Fools prank.
posted by signal on Apr 1, 2003 - 13 comments

OMG!!!! Google Buys Metafilter!!!!

OMG!!!! Google Buys Metafilter!!!!
posted by muckster on Apr 1, 2003 - 69 comments

Metafilter merges with Kuro5hin?!?

This was just posted to the front page. The part that captured my attention was the final paragraph...what exactly does this mean?

In related news, MetaFilter was said to be signing a merger agreement with Kuro5hin to pool content between the two sites. We'll bring you more news as soon as we hear it.
posted by BlueTrain on Mar 31, 2002 - 6 comments

IPs revealed

Zow! Suddenly there are IP addresses!
posted by iceberg273 on Apr 1, 2001 - 5 comments

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