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Questions tagged [april-fools]

For questions about new site "features" (which are actually pranks) that appear on or around April 1st as part of the site's traditional April Fools Day celebration.

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Where’s the 2023 April Fools joke?

April 1st landed here 9 hours and 17 minutes ago. Where’s the fun? Or is this incomprehensible thing the joke of the year? Or did SE for some reason decide that this year, the site itself is the big ...
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Which April Fools Filter was the most popular among users on Stack Overflow?

As part of the April Fools Day 2022 prank, the following Filters were made available on Stack Overflow as user-selectable themes: Bookface Hot dog stand Frisa Lank MariOverflow Terminal Top Secret ...
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Can normal people suggest their own filter design? [closed]

Today we can see that there are many cool designs available for the user interface with some people's names. For example, "Bookface by Tom" and so on. Are they staff or moderators or just ...
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Filters on mobile require reading illegible text in cookie consent to disable them

When opening a Stack Overflow page for the first time on mobile, the controls to disable or change the filters are entirely covered by the cookie consent dialog, which is ...quite difficult to read ...
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How do I disable Stack Overflow Filters (the April Fools themes)? [closed]

I just logged on to Stack Overflow, and there was a message introducing filters. But for some reason I didn't think and reloaded the page, and then there was no filters menu. I also looked in settings,...
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Can the joke filters stay after April 1st?

This year, the site is celebrating April fool's day with Aww, snap! We’ve got Filters now. I know it's a prank, but a couple of these filters actually make reading the site easier for me. Can the ...
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Frisa Lank: The most readable Stack Overflow yet! [duplicate]

Many thanks to whomever designed the "Frisa Lank" April Fool's Day theme for Stack Overflow! It's by far the most readable and usable Stack Overflow CSS update I've seen yet! Nice contrast....
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Aww, snap! We’ve got Filters now [closed]

How do you do, fellow Stackers? If there’s anything that Stack Overflow is known for, it’s being hip to the latest trends in every field. Gaming? We created StackEgg. Security? We invented Dance Dance ...
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Can I activate the rubber duck even if it is not April 1st?

I'd like to show the rubber duck to a friend, but it's gone. All the rubber-duck-related answers just tell how to get it back once you already clicked on "I hate this duck", but is there a ...
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How often do people actually copy and paste from Stack Overflow?

My name is David, I am the Senior Data Analyst on the Marketing team. I am new to the team but am not new to copying from Stack Overflow. I am very excited to share my first community-facing analysis. ...
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What are the past April Fools jokes?

How long has Stack Overflow been doing April Fools' jokes? Can someone list them along with screenshots?
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Can I actually buy a copy-paste keyboard like the Stack Overflow April Fool's "The Key"?

So I saw the Stack Overflow April fool joke for "The Key" and I know it's just a joke. But I kind of want a real one similar to it just for novelty. Are there any products out there actually ...
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The copy-paste budget can be easily bypassed without The Key™ [closed]

The new copy-paste budget can be easily be bypassed using a simple JavaScript hack: localStorage["copyBudget"] = "Infinity"; Now people can copy-paste all they want without The ...
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Using the new Stackexchange keyboard, I have trouble coding [duplicate]

I was lucky enough to get a prerelease version of the new Stackexchange keyboard, but it makes it very hard to code. For example, it has taken me half an hour to type this question. Is there a better ...
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How to copy code from StackOverflow without paying the subscription? [duplicate]

It seems that StackOverflow wants to put a lock on the copy of the code from the platform. Is it possible to copy it from the source code? Thanks
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