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[Editor's Note: This entry is meant to document all of the notable web pranks launched on April 1st, 2012. Please request editorship!]

Overview

On April 1st, 2012, many notable Internet companies created April Fool's Day sites, apps and videos to celebrate the occasion.

Notable Examples

Google

Reddit

reddit T:42000 Drominent current controversial top saved self serve advertisin 个Half Life: Episode 3 Trailer! (self,t:42000) occurred -39987 years ago by ahoychoi 30 comments share save hide report reddit timelineTM Season Review: Aa- occurred-39987 years ago by dndtweek89 Firefly, Season 2 (selft:42000) 2 time machine 11 comments share save hide report ↑ Today April 1st 42000 i finally got laid (selft:42000) 3Aa occurred-39987 years ago by darkly39r 6 comments share save hide report Hey guys. I found this thing under a floor board in my hover-house today. Does anyone know what the old hunk-of-junk used to do? (i.imgur.com) occurred-39987 years ago by Kiassen 13 comments share save hide report 4 the present DAE think that the Cubatron Obelisk in orbit is not a benevolent trans-dimensional overmind? (self,t:42000) Aa occurred-39987 years ago by GloriousPaperWait 5 . 2013 9 comments share save hide report 个Crab people, Crab People. Crab people. Crab people, Crab people. Crab people, Crab people Crab people. (self.t:42000) Aa occurred-39987 years ago by Browngrocerybag 2022 6 comments share save hide report 个UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ ! Let's party in the year 42,000! (i.imgur.com) occurred -39987 years ago by technojamin 4 comments share save hide report 2112 IAMA man from 2012 who traveled to the future, AMA (self.t:42000) Aa | occurred-39987 years ago by TheGoomba 31 comments share save hide report 42000 AD 个 . r/aww downvoted me. Any love for my feline? (img696.imageshack.us) occurred-39987 years ago by Starving-Kids comment share save hide report g ↑ Damn, anybody else disappointed by the Half-life 3 ending? (selft:42000) the end of time

Social news site reddit featured a timeline that allowed for fictional simulated links and text posts to be displayed based on various years.

Imgur

Imgur the simple imgur blog Introducing the Imguraffe! « Imgur is growing f 12,367 people like this. B first of your friends Like For months the Imgur community has been buzzing about an Imgur mascot. We have read captions and received emails suggesting various mascots from animals to superheroes to aliens, some even including great drawings (thanks!) to help us with our decision. A mascot functions as a symbol of unity and spirit among a community, which is important to us because we believe, as a whole, our community is the most supportive witty and positive group on the whole interwebs! We love our users and want it to be known that we care about your suggestions Posts March 2012 S MT WTFS 1 2 3 Without further ado, it is our great pleasure to introduce you to our first mascot, the Imguraffe! You will now see the Imguraffe integrated throughout the site everywhere from the logo to the background. Please take some time to browse the new Simple mguraffe Sharer. We welcome any suggestions or opinions you have! 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 « Feb Archives March 2012 (4) February 2012 (3) January 2012 (2) December 2011 (1) October 2011 (3) August 2011 (4) July 2011 (2) June 2011 (6) May 2011 (5) April 2011 (6) March 2011 (4) February 2011 (6) he simple imquraffe sharer mgur This entry was posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2012 at 10:59 pm and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site

Image hosting site Imgur adopted a giraffe as the mascot of the site named imguraffe. In addition the background of the website was changed to that of a skin of a giraffe.

External References

[1] aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com – April Fool's Day on the Web

[2] Chrome Ad Block – Cat Block

[3] Google Maps – 8-bit Manhattan

[4] Google – Chrome Multitask

[5] Blogspot – Gmail Tap



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[Editor's Note: This entry is meant to document all of the notable web pranks launched on April 1st, 2012. Please request editorship!]

Overview

On April 1st, 2012, many notable Internet companies created April Fool's Day sites, apps and videos to celebrate the occasion.

Notable Examples

Google

Reddit

reddit T:42000 Drominent current controversial top saved self serve advertisin 个Half Life: Episode 3 Trailer! (self,t:42000) occurred -39987 years ago by ahoychoi 30 comments share save hide report reddit timelineTM Season Review: Aa- occurred-39987 years ago by dndtweek89 Firefly, Season 2 (selft:42000) 2 time machine 11 comments share save hide report ↑ Today April 1st 42000 i finally got laid (selft:42000) 3Aa occurred-39987 years ago by darkly39r 6 comments share save hide report Hey guys. I found this thing under a floor board in my hover-house today. Does anyone know what the old hunk-of-junk used to do? (i.imgur.com) occurred-39987 years ago by Kiassen 13 comments share save hide report 4 the present DAE think that the Cubatron Obelisk in orbit is not a benevolent trans-dimensional overmind? (self,t:42000) Aa occurred-39987 years ago by GloriousPaperWait 5 . 2013 9 comments share save hide report 个Crab people, Crab People. Crab people. Crab people, Crab people. Crab people, Crab people Crab people. (self.t:42000) Aa occurred-39987 years ago by Browngrocerybag 2022 6 comments share save hide report 个UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ ! Let's party in the year 42,000! (i.imgur.com) occurred -39987 years ago by technojamin 4 comments share save hide report 2112 IAMA man from 2012 who traveled to the future, AMA (self.t:42000) Aa | occurred-39987 years ago by TheGoomba 31 comments share save hide report 42000 AD 个 . r/aww downvoted me. Any love for my feline? (img696.imageshack.us) occurred-39987 years ago by Starving-Kids comment share save hide report g ↑ Damn, anybody else disappointed by the Half-life 3 ending? (selft:42000) the end of time

Social news site reddit featured a timeline that allowed for fictional simulated links and text posts to be displayed based on various years.

Imgur

Imgur the simple imgur blog Introducing the Imguraffe! « Imgur is growing f 12,367 people like this. B first of your friends Like For months the Imgur community has been buzzing about an Imgur mascot. We have read captions and received emails suggesting various mascots from animals to superheroes to aliens, some even including great drawings (thanks!) to help us with our decision. A mascot functions as a symbol of unity and spirit among a community, which is important to us because we believe, as a whole, our community is the most supportive witty and positive group on the whole interwebs! We love our users and want it to be known that we care about your suggestions Posts March 2012 S MT WTFS 1 2 3 Without further ado, it is our great pleasure to introduce you to our first mascot, the Imguraffe! You will now see the Imguraffe integrated throughout the site everywhere from the logo to the background. Please take some time to browse the new Simple mguraffe Sharer. We welcome any suggestions or opinions you have! 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 « Feb Archives March 2012 (4) February 2012 (3) January 2012 (2) December 2011 (1) October 2011 (3) August 2011 (4) July 2011 (2) June 2011 (6) May 2011 (5) April 2011 (6) March 2011 (4) February 2011 (6) he simple imquraffe sharer mgur This entry was posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2012 at 10:59 pm and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site

Image hosting site Imgur adopted a giraffe as the mascot of the site named imguraffe. In addition the background of the website was changed to that of a skin of a giraffe.

External References

[1] aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com – April Fool's Day on the Web

[2] Chrome Ad Block – Cat Block

[3] Google Maps – 8-bit Manhattan

[4] Google – Chrome Multitask

[5] Blogspot – Gmail Tap

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