Many long-time community members are familiar with the annual April Fools joke that Stack Overflow has done most years, last year being an exception. We are proactively letting you know that we will NOT be doing anything for April Fools this year. (And no, this isn’t a misdirect ie ‘we said there was no prank, and that’s the meta-prank’ sort of thing.)
As was the case last year, we want to prioritize our work to focus on ongoing projects and initiatives. April Fools pools resources from Product, Engineering, Community Management, and other departments, and we don’t want high-priority work to stall as a result. We understand that some of you who’ve enjoyed prior April Fools posts may be disappointed, and those of you who haven’t may be relieved. Since the question was asked this fall, we are giving you the heads-up that it won’t be happening.
While we are unsure when/if we’ll be bringing April Fools back in future years, we will let you know if we decide to revisit it in the future.