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Ythan
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April Fools Wrap-Up Thread
#5469755 - 04/02/06 01:00 AM (18 years, 23 hours ago) |
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Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Shroomery administrators and moderators, I would like to thank you for being a part of today's great prank. Though hastily planned and executed, it nevertheless achieved success through the incredible and convincing acting of many key members. I was truly amazed at the level of sophistication present in these impromptu efforts. Thanks to everyone who helped keep the joke going far longer than I ever imagined.
As April 1st draws to a close, let us take time to reflect on some of the questions raised today:
Q: Wait, are you selling the Shroomery? A: No, happy April Fools!
Q: Dude, that wasn't funny. I thought you were really selling the Shroomery. A: Well, it's not a very good April Fools joke if nobody falls for it.
Q: Seriously, that's not cool. I was freaking out and now I feel like a dumbass. A: Don't feel bad, the whole point was to make it convincing so people would think it was real. We purposefully played on the fears and insecurities affecting a community of our nature, and it's just sad that this kind of sellout is actually so believable.
Q: Alright so the site isn't for sale, right? A: You got it! The site was never for sale, it was an elaborate prank.
Q: Isn't eBay going to track you down and make you pay thousands of dollars in seller's fees then? A: Fortunately, eBay lets you cancel auctions at any time. Until you knew that it added an air of authenticity though, right?
Q: What about the DEA? Don't you think posting a fake auction like this is irresponsible and can draw negative attention? A: If we can't poke a little fun at the fear and paranoia brought on by draconian drug laws, then they really are doing their job.
Q: Okay that was funny and all, but how do I know it won't really happen in the future? A: The Shroomery is a legal corporation and even if we wanted to, we couldn't just plop it on eBay. The voting admins have to approve the sale of any shares, and nobody's really going to let the site fall into sinister hands.
Q: What about all my private messages and stuff? You guys made me paranoid! A: We don't really have logs dating back to 2003. Or even 2005. We do briefly keep access logs for the site, but they're used for security and compiling aggregate statistics and then deleted. All the talk about logging every mySQL query or connection attempt is BS. Have you ever seen one of our mySQL logs? I have to enable them sometimes for debugging and they grow FAST. We'd need a dedicated storage solution just to retain them for more than a few hours. Don't forget, we also enforce (somewhat unpopular) policies like private message expiration to keep your personal data from piling up on our server. And we also offer free security features like encrypted PMs and SSL chat, which really are smart options and I wish more people used. Perhaps this will serve as a gentle wake-up call for our members to take privacy into their own hands.
Q: So you're not selling the Shroomery? A: No, it was just a joke.
Q: You're a demented freak. Where do you get off playing the puppet master while your members cower in fear like pawns on your twisted chessboard? A: Hi Hippie3! Thanks for helping spread the chaos to your site.
Q: Were the figures quoted on eBay real or made up? A: The best lies contain elements of the truth. The hardware list was mostly accurate, the number of visits was misleading (we get that many impressions, not individual visitors) and the earnings were straight wishful thinking.
Thanks everyone for making this an unforgettable day in Shroomery history! I hope everyone can breath easier knowing the site isn't for sale, and you staff is just a bunch of sick twisted bastards.
Peace,
-Y
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Dobie
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5469784 - 04/02/06 01:11 AM (18 years, 23 hours ago) |
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at least i feel smart i never beleived it in the first place
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread *DELETED* [Re: Ythan]
#5469796 - 04/02/06 01:16 AM (18 years, 23 hours ago) |
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danamine
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: PJDIDDLE]
#5469800 - 04/02/06 01:19 AM (18 years, 23 hours ago) |
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I still saw that al-queda was buying the shroomery on MSNBC.
-Dan
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Tattoo
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: danamine]
#5469806 - 04/02/06 01:23 AM (18 years, 23 hours ago) |
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I woulda left it up for two more days
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blackroselove
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5469824 - 04/02/06 01:36 AM (18 years, 23 hours ago) |
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Quote:
Ythan said: and you staff is just a bunch of sick twisted bastards.
We knew that sweetheart.
J/k BlackieRL
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Ximp
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Lol, you guys did a great job.
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5469861 - 04/02/06 03:03 AM (18 years, 22 hours ago) |
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You sure as hell got a lot of people riled up! Haha.. I came pretty late and missed most of the fun, but did read some long threads with endless pages of rambling. Well happy belated April fools day!
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Asante
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5470104 - 04/02/06 05:30 AM (18 years, 20 hours ago) |
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For a sizable chunk of yesterday I've been on another corner of the Internet culling the drama that ensued after a similar prank. People leaving "even IF its a joke!!" whining and bitching, saying kamikaze stuff because they thought the end was nigh, deleting all their stuff and demanding to be erased. It does good to see that our community at large didnt fall for it too much and even played along, balancing out the believers, and that no true drama came from it.
It was all a gag, and a well-recieved one. It was scary (it was to me) but cheers to you guys for taking it so well. Critical and independent thinking (which was lost on the other site) is a major force at work in our community. Certainties were suddenly in peril, like in the Psychedelic experience, but the community stood their ground.
And cheers to those who jumped on the bandwagon and propagated it with us, either by fueling the fire or feigning to freak out!
Ythan, it's been a good one, classic April Fools
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Hippie3
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5470112 - 04/02/06 05:38 AM (18 years, 20 hours ago) |
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Quote:
: Hi Hippie3! Thanks for helping spread the chaos
yer quite welcome, i had my fun.
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shriek
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5470127 - 04/02/06 06:00 AM (18 years, 19 hours ago) |
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i assume the shroomery admins have survilance stuff here more advanced than the echelon so can you see how if there was any who deleted their posts\pictures? and how many requested to get their account deleted?
i think the joke was funny but i was wondering in the end when you was gonna tell it was a joke because security is sensitive issue to any user of a drug forum and there will be reactions to this , april fools or not, there was someone emailing ebay and news and media to draw attention to this prank, that was what concerned me most.
but all in all , a good april fools joke
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ChromeCrow
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: shriek]
#5470155 - 04/02/06 06:37 AM (18 years, 19 hours ago) |
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though it was obvious that is was a joke ( it WAS april fools day ya know) im still sad this voids my bid for $3.50 for the name anno lmfao
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shriek
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: ChromeCrow]
#5470176 - 04/02/06 06:52 AM (18 years, 18 hours ago) |
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yes ,and they are usually told on the same day its a joke , not the next day.
April Fools Wrap-Up Thread #5469755 - 04/02/06 10:00 AM
but i understood it was a joke all along, noone would be that stupid to sell a community like that, im not talking about me, im saying some doesnt take joke about their security lightly. and it is somewhat understandable when it takes so long before the prank is revealed.
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shirley knott
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5470229 - 04/02/06 07:46 AM (18 years, 18 hours ago) |
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Quote:
Q: You're a demented freak. Where do you get off playing the puppet master while your members cower in fear like pawns on your twisted chessboard? [ythan said]A: Hi Hippie3! Thanks for helping spread the chaos to your site.
lol, what a twat
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kungpow
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Thank God!!!!
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goobler
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5470257 - 04/02/06 08:19 AM (18 years, 17 hours ago) |
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the real question is...would you sell?
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whiterasta
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: goobler]
#5470358 - 04/02/06 09:27 AM (18 years, 16 hours ago) |
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Thou hast broken trust. In thy pursuit of glee thee hast brough terror and struck it in the hearts of men. Varlet thee shall feel the righteuos wrath of the 12g GOD and yea verily I say unto you, Do you still accept american express? Almost had me cause of OG but found yer holes and stuck my finger in just like a dyke Bunch of twits WR
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MrSinister
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Ythan]
#5470400 - 04/02/06 10:02 AM (18 years, 15 hours ago) |
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This was all an April fools joke? Oh man this sucks i had somebody seriously PM me and offer $350 dollars for the name Ythan.
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Asante
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: MrSinister]
#5470443 - 04/02/06 10:25 AM (18 years, 15 hours ago) |
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The millions can stay in the bag, we're not selling out just yet
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MrSinister
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Re: April Fools Wrap-Up Thread [Re: Asante]
#5470534 - 04/02/06 11:13 AM (18 years, 14 hours ago) |
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It's OK Wiccan, i understand it all fell though, and i am not bitter. I think for the next hostile take over i am gonna target those guys over at Disney. I'll have Mickey doing porns in no time.
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