Was a dick move and the prank was as bad as the site itself.
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honestly i got scare & that i wasnt gonna be able to post & see stuff anymore, im new to this site, so i was worried. I have liked the site so far but i didnt like this prank of course.
Lol. Too bad then. April Fools really knows how to weed out the weak around here. Then Again you could be foolin' too. I could be foolin' when I call you weak. You're takin' things too seriously on the internet. If it was that bad for you it probably would be better if you left rather than use an AB (better to leave if you've never liked the site to begin with. Plenty of sites with the same format, if not better, and has what you're looking for. Been to a lot of them. Fine people in every corner). And for expression? Art? There's a good reason why NG is blacklisted from google preferred and expression and art are only 1% of ShaGGy's true power. Not even gonna bother telling ya. Lessons like that can only be learnt from personal experience and NG has a Metric Fuck-ton of that. (I'm sure you've read some site history and looked at Tom's or other mods profiles for Blogs posted. A lot of funny shit to read.
I only wish I was here for the other AF specials. I only remember Kevin Bacon once in a blue moon, Classic. Oh well. Take care of that muscle beating carelessly away in your chest (lord knows I haven't) and laugh a little. No point being mad about something that isn't that important. It's sad really. I had a feeling this new "outrage culture" wouldn't take to the ol' April fools funnies anymore. Everybody just feels more worried about getting their anger out there and smiling for a camera than tickling their funny bone and smiling for themselves. Save your anger. Leave. Chill and treat yourself. Come back with a cooler head and be critical with a little less destructive intent. Does the mind and body good. Again take care, oR ShOuLd I SaY KiLl YoUrSeLf!!!!111!!1! No FoOlS iN aPrIl!!1!!!1!!
I didn't like it much either.
I just got the chance to get online for the first time in a few days and Newgrounds joke wasn't something I needed to deal with at the moment.
It might have been "for fun" but seeing how sites are weeding out porn and NSFW stuff more and more this probably scared more people than it made them laugh.
Template88
I feel like NG has a lot of vested interest in these things, being that it hosts a fair amount of questionable content. Adding a content filter is more or less emulating what it could be like should certain powers that be change how things we take for granted work. Like you said, any little ripple you make isnt really going to have much of an effect on the site. (Pretty sure NG gets most of its income from supporters, since its been blacklisted) I didnt find it funny, but more as a display of "this could be the future, do you like it?" and the answer has been a universal "no"
Its a form of expression, maybe even art. Relax.
plucas
As a form of expression or art, that means it's open to criticism. And it gets a big thumbs down from me. Screwing over your users or contributors even for a short while just annoys them and wins no converts. There were much better and more effective ways to make a point than hijacking the whole site into this idiocy for 24 hours or however long this is going to last. But that's just my opinion, I guess..