🐾 Boop. :3
Apr. 2nd, 2024 03:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rogueslayer452Anyone who was on Tumblr yesterday knows what this means.
I don't care much for April Fools, for obvious reasons, however I do like harmless fun when it hurts nobody and is just silly for the sake of whimsy (ex: Rickrolling). Tumblr will always do something every year on their site, and it can vary on whether it is fun or obnoxious, depending on personal preference of course. This year they implemented a Boop-O-Meter, where once it was activated you could give boops to other activated users, similar to that of a nudge feature but with extra goodies attached. The meter would tell you how many boops you gave, and how many were given back, alongside how many boops were given overall across the site. You could boop people more than once to up your numbers (including giving regular boops, super boops, and ~evil~ boops) and there were three badges you received if you hit a particular milestone of boops. The final badge was if you hit 1,000 boops, and I almost was there before the Boop-O-Meter went away.
It was a silly little thing that lasted for April Fools, it doesn't really mean much at the end of the day but it was still fun and it's something I haven't seen done anywhere else online. Not on this level of collective user participation, anyway. I miss it already, but it was fun while it lasted. Although I am in agreement with others that a nudge feature like that would be nice.
I don't know, it was just something positive that happened, especially on a day where people can be assholes it was nice to have something cute and happy to be distracted by. And I definitely needed that.
I don't care much for April Fools, for obvious reasons, however I do like harmless fun when it hurts nobody and is just silly for the sake of whimsy (ex: Rickrolling). Tumblr will always do something every year on their site, and it can vary on whether it is fun or obnoxious, depending on personal preference of course. This year they implemented a Boop-O-Meter, where once it was activated you could give boops to other activated users, similar to that of a nudge feature but with extra goodies attached. The meter would tell you how many boops you gave, and how many were given back, alongside how many boops were given overall across the site. You could boop people more than once to up your numbers (including giving regular boops, super boops, and ~evil~ boops) and there were three badges you received if you hit a particular milestone of boops. The final badge was if you hit 1,000 boops, and I almost was there before the Boop-O-Meter went away.
It was a silly little thing that lasted for April Fools, it doesn't really mean much at the end of the day but it was still fun and it's something I haven't seen done anywhere else online. Not on this level of collective user participation, anyway. I miss it already, but it was fun while it lasted. Although I am in agreement with others that a nudge feature like that would be nice.
I don't know, it was just something positive that happened, especially on a day where people can be assholes it was nice to have something cute and happy to be distracted by. And I definitely needed that.
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Date: 2024-04-03 05:03 am (UTC)I've said this before, but I'll say it again, I miss when more of the internet was like this. Fun is a good thing.
Yeah, this was definitely something that I prefer when it comes to online interaction. While the Internet of Ye Olde Days obviously wasn't perfect, at least there was a sense of whimsy and silliness and just having fun for the sake of fun.
I also think that's what April Fool's Day should be! Pranks work with the right audience - some people love them. I prefer ones like these, obvious "pranks" that are more for the lolz than anything else.
Exactly. Pranks should never be something harmful or used to bully or humiliate others, which is why most hate April Fools to begin with because some people do take it too far and try to justify being mean-spirited with a "it's just a prank, bro". Pranks should be purely for the lulz that will make the other person laugh or find ridiculous, like telling someone bad puns where they just roll their eyes but smile all the same. We need more of that kind of whimsy in general.