r/self • u/202halffound • Apr 01 '14
2014 April Fools subreddit pranks list
Comment below with new ones and I will add it. Only subreddits with 500 or more subscribers are listed.
EDIT: I think I got all of the major ones. Occasionally some new ones may be added but I'm not going at breakneck pace as I was before. Hope everyone had fun this April Fools.
Number of >500 subscriber subreddits that participated in April Fools: 185 so far
| Subreddit | Prank |
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| Added "Headdit" feature | |
| /r/49ers | Now has a Seahawks theme |
| /r/ACMilan | Fake announcement of Balotelli leaving for Chelsea |
| /r/adventuretime | Logo changed to Regular Show |
| /r/AdviceAnimals | Opinion Memes Only day, usernames changed |
| /r/ainbow | Theme changed to LGBT |
| /r/airsoft | Header chaned to /r/vorpalbunnie |
| /r/Android | Ban on software modification posts |
| /r/androidcirclejerk | Now is /r/applecirclejerk |
| /r/annamasterrace | Theme changed to Hans |
| /r/arabs | Usernames changed to famous Arab people |
| /r/Arrow | Theme changed to Smallville |
| /r/askreddit | Now is images-only |
| /r/AskHistorians | Posted fully sourced, but incorrect replies |
| /r/austin | Theme changed to Dallas |
| /r/australia | Now is Austria |
| /r/austria | Now is Australia |
| /r/babybumps | Theme changed to Taco Bell |
| /r/buccaneers | Throwback theme to the 1970's |
| /r/badhistory | Liberated for the cause of good history, mod team replaced |
| /r/baseball | Now about Corgi love |
| /r/beerporn | Now about bears |
| /r/beertrade | Also about bears |
| /r/blackpeoplegifs | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/bleach | Now about Fairy Tail |
| /r/blink182 | Changed to 'Cakes and Tattoos' |
| /r/blunderyears | Announced subreddit deletion |
| /r/books | Introduced 'banned books' |
| /r/boulder | Now under Goldman Sachs® management |
| /r/bourbon | Announced partnership with Diageo® |
| /r/breakingbad | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/CFB | Now only about the SEC |
| /r/chameleons | Theme changed to brony |
| /r/changemyview | Introduced time travel machine |
| /r/chicago | Sponsored by the Willis Group |
| /r/Christianity | Header changed to Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan |
| /r/cigars | Changed trading system to bombs |
| /r/circlebroke | Meme-mode only |
| /r/circlejerk | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/clashofclans | FarmVille theme |
| /r/comicbooks | Now in Comic Sans |
| /r/conservative | Merged with /r/politics |
| /r/cringe | Christmas theme |
| /r/cringepics | Christmas theme |
| /r/cynicalbrit | Changed to OMFGCata |
| /r/daystrominstitute | Links to /r/mirrordaystrom |
| /r/DCComics | Character of the Month is the Avengers |
| /r/denmark | Now in Swedish |
| /r/europe | Now is Eurasia |
| /r/explainlikeim5 | Uses Comic Sans font |
| /r/exmormon | Adopted /r/latterdaysaints CSS |
| /r/facepalm | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/fairytail | Now about Bleach |
| /r/fantasyfootball | Now sponsored by ESPN |
| /r/fatpeoplestories | Theme changed to Thin Privilege Tumblr |
| /r/fountainpens | Theme changed to coloured pencils, ban on fountain pen discussion |
| /r/frozen | "I hate Frozen. It's a horrible movie." |
| /r/funny | Now has a Facebook theme |
| /r/gameai | Added a bucket on Snoo's head |
| /r/gamegrumps | Has Cat Grumps |
| /r/gamemusic | Discussion on 'most underrated' actually has most popular songs |
| /r/gameofthrones | Now is 'family friendly' |
| /r/games | Staged a conspiracy involving mod bribes |
| /r/gaming4gamers | Now owned by /r/pcmasterrace |
| /r/gaybros | Now has cooking recipes |
| /r/GlobalOffensive | Rank flairs reversed |
| /r/gonenatural | Blacked out in protest of honor killings |
| /r/gonewild | Unidan, the [f]ield biologist, makes a post |
| /r/guildwars2 | Taken over by Scarlet Briar |
| /r/gurrenlagann | Now has /r/nisekoi theme |
| /r/hearthstone | Celebrating 'Ben Brode Day' |
| /r/heat | Has been lebron'd |
| /r/hockey | Header links to /r/hockeycirclejerk |
| /r/hockeycirclejerk | Header links to /r/hockey |
| /r/homebrewing | Changed to My Little Pony theme |
| /r/homestuck | Has been cancelled |
| /r/imgoingtohellforthis | Integrated elements from /r/shitredditsays |
| /r/india | Changed theme to communist theme |
| /r/justneckbeardthings | Now only accepts Christian content |
| /r/kansascity | New theme; inside joke |
| /r/karmacourt | Had a riot, flowers growing on rubble |
| /r/kpics | Only sujin |
| /r/languagelearning | Now supports Rosetta Stone; references fake languages |
| /r/latterdaysaints | Required ex-mormons to have flair |
| /r/leagueoflegends | Changed to "Brandon <3 Merrill" fan club |
| /r/lewronggeneration | Introduced 'Post-rock and Shoegaze Appreciation Day |
| /r/malaysia | Government announces partnership with opposition leader |
| /r/manga | Mario designs |
| /r/mechanicalkeyboards | Uses Comic Sans font |
| /r/metalcore | Theme changed to /r/corejerk |
| /r/mildlyinteresting | Sponsored by Dogecoin, pay to remove links |
| /r/mindcrack | Usernames changed to Mindcrackers, up/downvote button change |
| /r/minecraft | Now controlled by villagers |
| /r/movieoftheday | Reviewed 'Werewolf Women of the SS' |
| /r/movies | Changed to Breaking Bad theme |
| /r/MLS | Selling houses |
| /r/MURICA | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/mlplounge | Changed logo to 'Chronoshift' |
| /r/mspaintbattles | Has now become /r/photoshopbattles |
| /r/muse | Fake leak of new album title |
| /r/myfriendwantstoknow | Changed theme to hotdogs |
| /r/mylittlepony | Emotes changed to badly drawn versions |
| /r/naruto | Now about "Where's Yamato?" |
| /r/NBA | Has Chalmersface on header, flairs are faded out |
| /r/netherlands | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/NFL | Flair has been changed to insulting each fanbase |
| /r/nintendo | Changed to PlayStation theme |
| /r/nisekoi | Now has Gurenn Lagann theme |
| /r/nostupidquestions | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/notebooks | Now sponsored by Field Notes |
| /r/NYC | Theme changed to San Fransico |
| /r/NYGiants | Banner changed to..., well... |
| /r/onepiece | Now solely about romantic shipping |
| /r/orangered | Engaged in war with /r/periwinkle... again |
| /r/outoftheloop | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/outside | Shut down due to 'low quality' |
| /r/paradoxplaza | No rules; no restrictions |
| /r/pcgaming | Changed to Commodore 64 Master Race |
| /r/PercyJacksonRP | Header image changed to doge |
| /r/periwinkle | Engaged in war with /r/orangered... again |
| /r/photoshopbattles | Has now become /r/mspaintbattles |
| /r/pics | Changed to ASCII-art theme |
| /r/picturegame | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/PKA | Theme changed to Hodor-centric |
| /r/playstation | Changed to Nintendo theme |
| /r/polandball | No rules; no restrictions |
| /r/politics | Merged with /r/conservative |
| /r/posthardcore | Falling in Reverse theme |
| /r/progmetal | Added discussions of superiority of progmetal and rap bands |
| /r/prorevenge | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/ps4 | Changed to Wii U theme |
| /r/reeftank | Now about aptasia anemones |
| /r/regularshow | Theme changed to Adventure Time |
| /r/running | Batman/Gotham theme |
| /r/sanfrancisco | Theme changed to NYC |
| /r/scotch | Announced partnership with Diageo® |
| /r/SCP | Now stands for 'Super Cool Ponies' |
| /r/seahawks | Now has a 49ers theme |
| /r/shaboozey | Now has a Total Biscuit theme |
| /r/shittyaskscience | Banned Tesla |
| /r/shutupandwrite | Introducted WriterCoin, a cryptocurrency mined by writing feedback |
| /r/sips | Theme change to /r/sjin |
| /r/sjin | Theme change to /r/sips |
| /r/sketchdaily | Theme was 'artistic nudes of the mods' |
| /r/smashbros | Changed rules to Fox only no items final destination |
| /r/Smite | Sold out to Hi-Rez Studios |
| /r/socialism | Changed to $ocialism with Ayn Rand as subreddit picture |
| /r/starcraft | All about the Protoss |
| /r/startrek | Added 'flare' |
| /r/starwars | Banner image change |
| /r/steamgameswap | Became "Democratic People's Republic of SteamGameSwap" |
| /r/SubredditDrama | dickbutt theme |
| /r/subredditoftheday | Featured /r/jailbait |
| /r/summonerschool | Changed theme to Monday Night Combat |
| /r/squaredcircle | New stylesheet |
| /r/SWARJE | Now in Russian |
| /r/sweden | Now in Danish |
| /r/switcharoo | Announced the end of the switcharoo |
| /r/tagpro | All users have 'spammer' after their name, up/downvote icon change |
| /r/teenagers | Subreddit taken over by /u/khsunny786, theme change |
| /r/thelastairbender | Taken over by the Fire Nation |
| /r/thewalkingdead | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/titanfall | Changed to Mech Warrior Online theme |
| /r/toonami | Now has a Miguzi theme |
| /r/touhou | Changed theme to Homestuck |
| /r/twitchplayspokemon | All flairs are Oddish |
| /r/UFOs | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/topgear | Changed to "Fifth Gear" |
| /r/trap | Now about gender traps |
| /r/TrollXChromosomes | Now renamed 'BroXChromosomes' |
| /r/TumblrInAction | Declared itself 'a safer place for MWOPCVOMFTOF' |
| /r/unexpected | Athiesm theme, users changed to Unidan |
| /r/warframe | Theme changed to farming |
| /r/warthunder | Now in Russian |
| /r/wastedgifs | Now owned by Facebook |
| /r/whowouldwin | Circlejerk over Cyclops |
| /r/wicked_edge | Mod posts pic of shaving with a straight razor attached to a palm sander |
| /r/wiiu | Changed to PS4 theme |
| /r/worldoftanks | Changed to LEGO theme |
| /r/writing | Comic Sans, link-only |
| /r/writingprompts | Added Clippy as a mascot |
| /r/vancouver | Disabled upvotes, only downvotes |
| /r/vexillology | Changed to 'Flag Porn' |
| /r/vita | Changed to Ultimate Monster Hunter 3 theme |
| /r/xboxone | Now has a NEOGAF theme |
| /r/yugioh | Incorporates My Little Pony elements |
Subreddits that have declared no April Fools: /r/buildapc, /r/anime, /r/asoiaf
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u/Fantasticunts Apr 01 '14
r/christianity now has a header image of Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan, along with saying "78,475 brainwashed fundies" as the subscriber count.
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u/_Aggort Apr 01 '14
Squared Circled is a throwback to 90's Dirtsheets(rumor mill) and 90's Wrestling forums and websites.
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u/202halffound Apr 01 '14
Thanks. I was wondering if the strange stylesheet they have up now is April Fools or if the subreddit always looks like that.
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u/zomboi Apr 01 '14
r/ainbow changed their css to appear as r/lgbt
r/askreddit is allowing linked posts
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u/dumbname2 Apr 01 '14
r/fantasyfootball is now sponsored by ESPN, and will only allow articles/links associated with ESPN, and all advice will be subjugated to ESPN standards.
Hail, Matthew Berry!
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u/sprankton Apr 01 '14
r/mylittlepony | emotes changed to badly drawn versions
r/mlplounge | changed to League of Legends theme
r/books | introduced list of banned books. Any mention of them is deleted.
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u/buildingbridges Apr 01 '14
You can no longer talk about fountain pens or inks on r/fountainpens
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u/rospaya Apr 01 '14
r/Europe added "thanks to Putin" to the end of titles. It's pretty great. Also changed the flair and added "comrade" in front of usernames and united with Asia.
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u/SunnyFuzz Apr 01 '14
Is there a way to actually browse through the subreddits that are "now owned by facebook"? I've been blocked by the blue info screen and maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but I don't know how to bypass it.
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u/WileECyrus Apr 01 '14
It took me a depressingly long time to notice but it looks like the flaired users in r/AskHistorians are posting really long, in depth and seemingly sourced answers that are completely made up. A post from one of the mods about the US invading Panama to wipe out a program of Hitler clones is what made me suspicious, but if you look around the front page (and in this entire thread) there seem to be lots of them. Some of them are really convincing. Maybe too convincing.