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Ask Slashdot: Seen Any Good April Fool's Pranks Today?

Posted by EditorDavid on from the OMG-ponies dept.

An anonymous reader writes: It's that special time of year where sites around the net celebrate April Fool's Day with parodies of their own product offerings. Google Home announces a new companion service for smart yards called Google Gnome. Stack Overflow announces Dance Dance Authentication. The Russian foreign ministry changed their voicemail to include new menu options like "Press 2 to use the services of Russian hackers," and "press 3 to request election interference." And in what's either a really good prank or a horrific piece of bad timing, Phrack.org announces that they've been seized by the FBI.

Has anybody else noticed anything funny today?
The internet has a long history of April Fool's Day pranks, and it looks like 2017 is no exception. So use the comments to share what you're seeing around the web today. Seen any good April Fool's Day pranks today?

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  1. This by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 5, Informative

    I absolutely loved this: Reg now behind invisible HTML5 Bitcoin paywall

    Tender and kind. Just what the doctor prescribed.

  2. I use this every year by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Informative
    http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/

    All the Google stuff is great as usual. Lexus' one is pretty good too.

  3. Re: Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buff by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'd you look in the your corner you will see it says Slacker News. It is a pay on soylent news , which is a Slashdot clone that is closer to what Slashdot used to be back in the day than this place is now (Not a difficult accomplishment to be sure)

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  4. Re: Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buff by LordByronStyrofoam · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, it's a play on Hacker News which has the orange theme.

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  5. Pornhub wins... by Mistakill · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pornhub apparently had a popup which stated it had automatic sharing to Facebook after watching a video... https://imgur.com/gallery/msFA...

  6. Re:This very site's new look... by Kjella · · Score: 3, Informative

    I guess you missed the OMG ponies theme? This is by far not the worst theme /. has had on April 1st.

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