Nap,
If you did decide to pull a prank like that next year you would have to do these things:
1. Notify the staff so we knew which of the new accounts were your socks
2. Plan with us what you were going to do before you do it so we could discuss whether it was in poor taste
3. Try to avoid using your sock for anything other than harmless trolling
4. Reveal what you did after the fact and stop using your sock
This years April fools prank was discussed to death in the staff area. We tried to keep it safe and not violate too many rules (One sock actually got banned for breaking too many rules). We realized there was a potential for negative fallout but any good prank should be edgy so that it will elicit emotions because that is where the punch line gets its punch.
Anyway, I just hope the negative feelings wash out of the forum sooner rather than later.
If you did decide to pull a prank like that next year you would have to do these things:
1. Notify the staff so we knew which of the new accounts were your socks
2. Plan with us what you were going to do before you do it so we could discuss whether it was in poor taste
3. Try to avoid using your sock for anything other than harmless trolling
4. Reveal what you did after the fact and stop using your sock
This years April fools prank was discussed to death in the staff area. We tried to keep it safe and not violate too many rules (One sock actually got banned for breaking too many rules). We realized there was a potential for negative fallout but any good prank should be edgy so that it will elicit emotions because that is where the punch line gets its punch.
Anyway, I just hope the negative feelings wash out of the forum sooner rather than later.
