When April Fools Disrupts The Viewing Of The Gallery

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Especially egregious when users actively boycott Derpibooru to avoid things like when Pinkie vectors pop up all over the place, hidden filters hiding images without a specific tag…
 
…Or emulating early internet and thus Dark Mode users can’t browse at night if they value their eyesight.
 
Seriously, people, surely you can come up with less genuinely-bothersome April Fools jokes.
Opal Brona

It honestly just hurts to look at is the main problem I think. I honestly enjoyed the others from the previous year and while it can be annoying those were fun to look at.
 
Those also were a lot more fun jokes as well I think what with the micro transactions or equality. That was a good laugh and I kept them up for a good while as well (the $ I took down quicker though.
 
This years for 2020 is just to cringy I think. Maybe if instead old computer style it went with more G1 style of the old icons could been better. Not old computer graphics but art style from previous Generations would been better.
 
Might just be me but it’s what I think at least really.
MethidMan
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2019) - Celebrated Derpibooru's seventh year anniversary with friends
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2018) - Celebrated Derpibooru's six year anniversary with friends.
Artist -

These ultra-bright colors that override my dark theme settings are really hard on my eyes. That’s why I’ve resorted to using userscripts that use dark colors for all websites.
 
That’s not to say I’m not in the spirit of April Fool’s Day, though.
Background Pony #1D76
Previous years have had an opt-out of the April Fools theme, but not this year, apparently, and that’s honestly quite frustrating. The novelty of the joke wears off after a while, and it’s nice to be able to choose whether or not you want to participate.
wayward
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Artist -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

@Mugen Kagemaru
 
This has been done for the lulz, and probably is eliciting the type of chuckle the designer was hoping for out of some users. It certainly is a good, nostalgic parody of what it’s trying to do. It’s just a shame there doesn’t seem to be much to it, other than to annoy the user, and that we can’t turn it off. I think that’s a poor choice, but it is a reminder that, while we are a community these sites we gather on are vulnerable to the whims of their creators and moderators. It’s, again, just a shame that we can’t turn this off, especially during the time people are feeling most vulnerable in the world may need to retreat to places like this. Even for 24 hours, it seems to be a very poor choice in execution.
Luna
Luna - For Patreon supporters
Woona - Derpi Supporter
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -

Luna Best Pony~
None of the events since 2018 had an opt out. It’s not fun. It’s a lot more fun to see people butthurt pver not being able to switch than people being like “haha losers i switched off”.
spike7845

Im enjoying the nostalgic style. Back when sites were made like this we had such worse problems to deal with just to keep things from crashing. Though i will say it took me an HOUR just to relog. lol RAGE!
thunderchaser22
Wallet After Summer Sale -

Maximum horse
I think this years April Fool’s layout is amazing. Throwback to the 90s and early 2000s when every webpage had radio players built in to play obnoxious music as loud as humanly possible. Good times
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