Comment by llamageddon01 on 21/10/2021 at 12:59 UTC*

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View submission: The NewToReddit Encyclopaedia Redditica v2

April Fools Day

April Fools Day is a tradition very much embraced at Reddit, as you might expect, and its home is at r/aprilfools. Many Subreddits change their theme or subject matter[1] for the day, and more info on historical pranks throughout Reddit can be found here[2] and also here[3].

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/mholsm/megathread_subreddit_prank_log_for_april_1st_2021/

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/search/?q=April%20fool&restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=&sort=relevance

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/search/?q=April%20fool&restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=&sort=new

Some past sitewide events have gone down in Reddit history and are still talked about now, (especially 2015’s ‘The Button’ and 2017’s ‘Place’) and a short précis of many of them can be found here[4]. Since first writing this entry, Reddit themselves have made a video history of the April Fools events[5]. Please note that in the list below some of the old Reddit Blog notes have unfortunately been removed since I first wrote this entry, but I’ve provided webarchive links where I could find them.

4: https://medium.com/@arbistarkillerllaveshi/reddit-april-fools-the-social-sandbox-28960a739bc4

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/tno8rk/its_no_foolin_the_history_of_april_fools_on_reddit/

2005: Reddit founded in June
2006: Internet Giants merge to buy out Reddit[6]
2007: Memory Holes[7]; original Blog entry is archived here[8]
2008: Buying Karma[9]; original Blog entry is archived here[10]
2009: Digg Redesign[11]
2010: Everyone’s An Admin![12]
2011: Reddit Mold[13]
2012: Time Machine[14], r/timereddits, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[15]
2013: TF2 and Periwinkle/Orangered[16], r/periwinkle, r/orangered, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[17]
2014: Headdit[18], r/Headdit, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[19]
2015: The Button[20], r/thebutton, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[21] and more can be found here[22]
2016: Robin[23], r/joinrobin, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[24]
2017: Place[25] and a video[26], r/place, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[27]
2018: Circle of Trust[28], r/CircleOfTrustMeta, r/CircleOfTrust, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[29]
2019: Sequence[30], r/sequence, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[31]
2020: Imposter[32], r/Imposter, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[33]
2021: Second[34], r/second, and here’s some other subreddit pranks from that year[35]
2022: Place 2: The Search for More Pixels[36], r/place, and a roundup of some other Reddit events for 2022 can be found here[37] and another one here[38].

This list was originally based on and expanded with links from an original compiled by u/Tvix in r/aprilfools. Huge grateful thanks go out to u/antidense for compiling the yearly roundups of Reddit events linked above and u/kethryvis for filling in the missing piece of the puzzle with details of the 2006 prank.

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/3s4l/in_a_surprise_move_google_yahoo_and_microsoft/

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1efuh/reddit_now_doubleplusgood/

8: https://web.archive.org/web/20210516182256/https://redditblog.com/2007/04/01/reddit-now-doubleplusgood/

9: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6e6tf/put_those_dollars_into_something_safe_like_reddit/

10: https://web.archive.org/web/20210401012508/https://redditblog.com/2008/04/01/put-those-dollars-into-something-safe-like-reddit-karma/

11: https://web.archive.org/web/20210401012454/https://redditblog.com/2009/04/02/a-terrible-mistake/

12: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/bkzbt/everyone_is_fucked_we_are_all_admin/

13: https://web.archive.org/web/20120921125833/blog.reddit.com/2011/03/reddit-mold-is-now-live.html

14: https://mashable.com/2012/04/04/reddit-timeline-aftermath/?europe=true

15: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/rmy6x/reddit_2012_april_fools_day_compilation/

16: https://redditblog.com/2013/04/01/reddit-buys-team-fortress-2/

17: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/1bevhx/lets_make_a_list_of_all_of_the_april_fools/

18: https://web.archive.org/web/20201108160230/https://redditblog.com/2014/03/31/headdit-a-revolutionary-new-way-to-browse-reddit/

19: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/21wkim/2014_april_fools_subreddit_pranks_list/

20: https://mashable.com/2015/04/01/reddit-the-button-april-fools/?europe=true

21: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/30zo82/april_fools_2015_subreddit_prank_list/

22: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/30xg6a/april_fools_day_subreddit_themes_megathread/

23: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/4lhh6y/what_was_reddit_robin_and_what_ever_happened_to_it/

24: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/4cvdpp/2016_april_fools_subreddit_pranks_list/

25: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/62mesr/place/dfnw4rc/

26: https://youtu.be/cbYLjbryBIM

27: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/62hg5v/meta_april_fools_day_subreddit_digest_2017/

28: https://redditblog.com/2018/05/22/looking-back-at-r-circleoftrust/

29: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/88m0qu/2018meta_april_fools_day_subreddit_digest_2018/

30: https://youtu.be/Oe8jtGc2H_c

31: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/b7shuq/megathread_subreddit_pranks_for_april_1st_2019/

32: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/ft3e3q/imposter/

33: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/fsr17n/megathread_subreddit_pranks_for_april_1st_2020/

34: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/mi01fg/second/

35: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/mholsm/megathread_subreddit_prank_log_for_april_1st_2021/

36: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/tyjkzg/rplace_the_recap_part_1/

37: https://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/ttf8kw/megathread_subreddit_prank_log_for_april_1st_2022/

38: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/ttmvqy/april_fools_megathread_2022/

For 2021 at r/NewToReddit, I did a llama llecture/bait-and-switch about calculating Reddit Karma[39]. 2022 saw the start of a new initiative[40] to see if all of our guides and info dumps are actually helpful to everyone, or if we should just go back to the drawing board[41] and start all over again. We still don’t know…

39: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/mhh9mu/a_statement_about_karma/

40: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/ttkp85/a_new_initiative/

41: https://a.pgtb.me/z6XJ4x

For April Fools jokes across the web, there’s a list of Google’s jokes here[42] and a good - if plain - resource for others is: https://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com[43].

42: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_April_Fools%27_Day_jokes

43: https://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com

*See Also:**

“Bait-and-Switch” or “The ole Reddit Bait-and-Switch”[44]
Orangered[45]

44: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh8lhbp/

45: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhq01b1/

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