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Background

On April 1st, 2017, various websites and online services released gag videos, products and features in honor of April Fools' Day.

Notable Developments

The Washington Post[1] has kept an updating list of noteworthy pranks associated with the holiday, which many began celebrating on March 31st, as April 1st, 2017 is a Saturday.

On 4chan

On April 1st, 4chan renamed some of the site boards, making them look like they were merged with other boards. The following boards were renamed

>>>/can/ – Animals/Cute (/c/ – Cute)
>>>/cock/ – Comics & Cartoons & Cooking (/co/ – Comics & Cartoons)
>>>/fap/ – Fashion & Photography (/fa/ – Fashion)
>>>/fitlit/ – Well-Rounded Citizens (/fit/ – Fitness)
>>>/mo/ – Mecha & Auto (/m/ – Mecha)
>>>/mlpol/ – My Little Politics (/mlp/ – My Little Pony)

Had to re-upload to censor fluffy pony grimdark and fagporn.
File: E9F45025-AAD0-4BA8-B726-Dipg (27 KB, 500x372) □ Anonymous 04/01/17(Sat)08 2609 No.1 1259メ>>> 11291 >>11 365 >>11 385>>11402 WHERE Do AT THE 13327 213501 2214372 IBRARY Now that the dust has settled, who was right? Anonymous 04/01/17(Sat)08:28:06 No.1127911281112971230812955 wow this is f------ stupid you can educate yourslef while having a good body. Half a hour of exercize a day does it □ Anonymous 04/01/17(Sat)08:28:29 No. 1128 File: pepe spectacles.ipg (25 KB, 641x530) 11279 >exercize

Google Maps Pac-Man

One of the most popular April Fools jokes released on March 31st was Google Maps' Pac-Man app. Google made it so it was possible to play Pac-Man on real-live streets via their maps app.[2] They released a similar app on April Fools Day in 2015.

Kars4Kids

Kars4Kids, a program with a notoriously awful jingle and confusing mission, released a video joking that cars donated to the service would be given to kids to drive.


Harambed

The company Lucid Mattress released a video advertising the "Harambed," a mattress made in honor of Harambe.

Fake "Smart" Products

A few non-tech companies advertised that they would be introducing "Smart" products to track personal habits. For example, Quilted Northern advertised "smart" toilet paper which would track users' bathroom usage and KFC introduced a "smart" bucket.[1]

Netflix Live

Netflix released "Netflix Live," a video that shows comedian and actor doing a stream-of-consciousness monologue Will Arnett narrating over mundane visuals.[3]

Reddit's /r/place

/r/place was an interactive forum hosted on the social networking site Reddit that allowed its users to draw on a blank white canvas by placing a square tile, available in 16 available colors and dispensed every 5 minutes, on its surface. Launched as an April Fools Day event in 2017, the novelty subreddit quickly grew into a social experiment involving tens of thousands of members on the site over the course of its 64-hour run.

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Background

On April 1st, 2017, various websites and online services released gag videos, products and features in honor of April Fools' Day.

Notable Developments

The Washington Post[1] has kept an updating list of noteworthy pranks associated with the holiday, which many began celebrating on March 31st, as April 1st, 2017 is a Saturday.

On 4chan

On April 1st, 4chan renamed some of the site boards, making them look like they were merged with other boards. The following boards were renamed

>>>/can/ – Animals/Cute (/c/ – Cute)
>>>/cock/ – Comics & Cartoons & Cooking (/co/ – Comics & Cartoons)
>>>/fap/ – Fashion & Photography (/fa/ – Fashion)
>>>/fitlit/ – Well-Rounded Citizens (/fit/ – Fitness)
>>>/mo/ – Mecha & Auto (/m/ – Mecha)
>>>/mlpol/ – My Little Politics (/mlp/ – My Little Pony)


Had to re-upload to censor fluffy pony grimdark and fagporn.
File: E9F45025-AAD0-4BA8-B726-Dipg (27 KB, 500x372) □ Anonymous 04/01/17(Sat)08 2609 No.1 1259メ>>> 11291 >>11 365 >>11 385>>11402 WHERE Do AT THE 13327 213501 2214372 IBRARY Now that the dust has settled, who was right? Anonymous 04/01/17(Sat)08:28:06 No.1127911281112971230812955 wow this is f------ stupid you can educate yourslef while having a good body. Half a hour of exercize a day does it □ Anonymous 04/01/17(Sat)08:28:29 No. 1128 File: pepe spectacles.ipg (25 KB, 641x530) 11279 >exercize

Google Maps Pac-Man

One of the most popular April Fools jokes released on March 31st was Google Maps' Pac-Man app. Google made it so it was possible to play Pac-Man on real-live streets via their maps app.[2] They released a similar app on April Fools Day in 2015.



Kars4Kids

Kars4Kids, a program with a notoriously awful jingle and confusing mission, released a video joking that cars donated to the service would be given to kids to drive.



Harambed

The company Lucid Mattress released a video advertising the "Harambed," a mattress made in honor of Harambe.



Fake "Smart" Products

A few non-tech companies advertised that they would be introducing "Smart" products to track personal habits. For example, Quilted Northern advertised "smart" toilet paper which would track users' bathroom usage and KFC introduced a "smart" bucket.[1]

Netflix Live

Netflix released "Netflix Live," a video that shows comedian and actor doing a stream-of-consciousness monologue Will Arnett narrating over mundane visuals.[3]

Reddit's /r/place

/r/place was an interactive forum hosted on the social networking site Reddit that allowed its users to draw on a blank white canvas by placing a square tile, available in 16 available colors and dispensed every 5 minutes, on its surface. Launched as an April Fools Day event in 2017, the novelty subreddit quickly grew into a social experiment involving tens of thousands of members on the site over the course of its 64-hour run.



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