Recently I saw a widget on the Stack Overflow website which says Stack Overflow now has its own currency called "unicoins". According to this widget, a user can earn reputation, customize Stack Overflow by changing its colors and the user can also remove the vote down button from their questions and answers by spending "unicoins".
This widget does not look real, because this is out of standard of the Stack Overflow website.
Also today is 1st April. Is Stack Overflow fooling us?
ss of widget
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68How care you call unicorns slanderous.Servy– Servy2014年03月31日 19:47:43 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 19:47
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17en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Dayuser152859– user1528592014年03月31日 19:50:31 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 19:50
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5You can't downvote my answer! Try now!Ibrahim– Ibrahim2014年03月31日 20:27:22 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:27
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14According to my calendar, it's March 31.Jon Ericson– Jon Ericson StaffMod2014年03月31日 20:32:36 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:32
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9@JonEricson well that does rather depend on where you are in the world. It's been April 1st in Australia for quite a while now.ChrisF– ChrisF Mod2014年03月31日 20:34:25 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:34
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10@ChrisF: I have it on good authority that the Philippines also has some sort of calendar bug. It's downright unAmerican, I tell you.Jon Ericson– Jon Ericson StaffMod2014年03月31日 20:39:02 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:39
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3SE runs on UTC. You're about three hours too early.user102937– user1029372014年03月31日 21:16:29 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:16
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3@RobertHarvey This question does seek input and discussion about a salient topic in our community. Why are you closing it and other relevant questions?Pollyanna– Pollyanna2014年03月31日 21:21:10 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:21
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10@Robert The April Fools "unicoins" prank activates based on local time, not server time.animuson– animuson StaffMod2014年03月31日 21:33:30 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:33
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8****. I actually went "WTF WTF" for about a minute, before remembering it's already April 1st.dbrank0– dbrank02014年04月01日 06:24:09 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:24
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5HOLY CRAP, this is so awesome! increased rep from 5000 to 50,000! I've been chiseling rocks all morning!Raffian– Raffian2014年04月01日 06:38:07 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:38
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1Unicoins actually works, I sign up yesterday at meta.stackoverflow and now I have +400 reputation 7 bronze and 1 silver badge :D.Saqib– Saqib2014年04月01日 07:07:37 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:07
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7Not being a Fool, I don't observe April Fool's day.Vector– Vector2014年04月01日 07:24:59 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:24
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1The name "unicoin" is absolutely inspired. My congratulations to whoever came up with it.Mark Ransom– Mark Ransom2014年04月01日 15:59:58 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 15:59
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5Somebody stole my Unicoins!RickyA– RickyA2014年04月02日 11:37:30 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 11:37
36 Answers 36
No. Unicoins are absolutely serious. They'll be used to buy rep in the future.
Also, any answer about unicoins is guaranteed to receive at least 16.66 upvotes within one hour and 99.99 within one day.
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46+1 for unicorns. They are real :-Dnoob– noob2014年03月31日 19:56:26 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 19:56
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1Wow, It's means now we can earn reputations by breaking rocks? :)Saqib– Saqib2014年03月31日 19:59:16 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 19:59
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3no they arent real, I increased my rep by 10, getting 1k + but only me can see it, you see my real rep which is around 150 on SOLynob– Lynob2014年03月31日 21:32:07 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:32
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2Now I get kisses from a lovely unicorn every time I vote. Such are the powers of the unicoins!Erwin Brandstetter– Erwin Brandstetter2014年03月31日 22:33:08 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 22:33
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Using Java, I created a console app that uses
Robotclass just to perform thousand clicks. I don't want to do clicking using my own mouse. Peace! :)user201532– user2015322014年04月01日 02:53:50 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 2:53 -
Almost fooled by google and stackoverflow today!George– George2014年04月01日 02:54:34 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 2:54
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11@Glenn-- The Chrome JavaScript console is more efficient, and the clicking unnecessary.
setInterval(function() { $.get("/unicoin/rock").done(function(obj) { $.post(["/unicoin/mine?rock=" + obj.rock], {fkey: "YOUR_USER_KEY"}); }); }, 15000);; also the coin drop rate seems to decrease the more you accumulate. It's taking quite awhile to get the last 50 coins I need in order to unlock all the powers concurrently. Perhaps the joke is that it's impossible to actually get there.aroth– aroth2014年04月01日 03:10:49 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 3:10 -
1@aroth, what should I put in the "Your_User_key" ?? Also, it says "I'm a teapot"Amit Joki– Amit Joki2014年04月01日 03:48:56 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 3:48
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@AmitJoki - View the page source, and search for "fkey". You'll find some hex value like "56a478fa8260e47...". Use that. Or alternately, use
StackExchange.options.user.fkey(with no quotes).aroth– aroth2014年04月01日 03:52:28 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 3:52 -
2There is a logical explanation for the teapot. Oh well...Francisco Presencia– Francisco Presencia2014年04月01日 03:58:45 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 3:58
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For april 1st, this post is the correct answer. for other days, this is not. So BRACE YOURSELF TO GET DOWNVOTES later :PMr_Green– Mr_Green2014年04月01日 06:29:04 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:29
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1@Mr_Green - I was about to say that nobody could possibly be that pedantic. But then I remembered that this is meta.stackoverflow. :paroth– aroth2014年04月01日 07:09:49 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:09
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16.66 seconds since I posted an answer and I haven't got any upvote, I don't get it :(Puigcerber– Puigcerber2014年04月01日 08:18:56 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 8:18
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3Do you really believe those upvotes are a problem? This is META. Meta is not serious business. Assuming it is an april's fool, why would we remove a question clearly tagged as one afterwards?2014年04月01日 12:15:18 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 12:15
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1:( I bought the no downvote power up and everyone can still see and downvote my questions and answers. :( It should have at least worked throughout the day... bad, bad joke! :) Update - they are only hidden when I am logged into the site, but not for others.PhistucK– PhistucK2014年04月01日 18:52:42 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 18:52
We do have Unicoins in China :)
Unicoin 100
enter image description here
This commemorative coin, the coin of Qilin, is issued by the Chinese central bank in the year 199x. 麒麟(Qilin, or Kirin) is a Chinese mythical chimerical creature, sometimes known as the Chinese unicorn. But the creature on the coin is apparently more like a western unicorn.
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1That is...brilliant!Adrian Frühwirth– Adrian Frühwirth2014年04月01日 06:56:37 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:56
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19TIL China is a step ahead of us.Saturn– Saturn2014年04月01日 09:57:34 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 9:57
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Yeah I was going to say that's not a 麒麟 at all. It's a western unicorn 独角兽.2014年04月01日 13:59:57 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 13:59
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17They even have pi on them.user170979– user1709792014年04月01日 19:46:32 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 19:46
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1@WorldEngineer its actually pi repeating.tox123– tox1232017年12月10日 18:05:02 +00:00Commented Dec 10, 2017 at 18:05
Just preparing a list of what the powers actually do:
Guaranteed answer: The guaranteed answer power gives you one of the following answer with the post's reputation be a constant π. (click on the Power for more options):
Helpful:
You should divide the problem into smaller parts and solve each one individually. If you then combine the all the small solutions, you have solved the whole problem.img
Encouraging:
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.img
Inspirational:
much problem
very answer
such helpful
many upvote
wowWise:
You are really asking the wrong question.
What you should be asking is, "Why does it matter?"
Once you have the answer to this bigger question, enlightenment will follow immediately.img
Colorful comments: Comic Sans font with cyan for normal text, pink for italicized text and red for bold text. :)
Bobblehead animates avatars in 3D. They move fowards and backwards (once) like they are anchored at the bottom, when the image is loaded and you scroll down the page.
Access through sidebar does what it says.
Voting animations
Dancing unicorns from mma.se
With love ♥
Downvote animation
Top bar color chooser: Change the colour of the top bar. Choose from one of the following options:
- Original
- Dark Sky - A really dark blue - rgb(17, 0, 33)
- Dirty Doge - A really dark brown - rgb(33, 29, 21)
- Burnt Velvet - A really dark red - rgb(28, 2, 15)
- Black
- Midnight Meadow - A really dark green - rgb(12, 28, 2)
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2Bobblehead changes the avatars when viewing a question... they only seem to do shortly after page load thoughHighly Irregular– Highly Irregular2014年03月31日 21:55:21 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:55
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31I had to spend another 10 unicoins to switch the colorful comments OFFVisioN– VisioN2014年03月31日 23:50:39 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 23:50
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12I wish I could read what you just saidLucas– Lucas2014年04月01日 01:26:56 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 1:26
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2An opportunity was missed here, there should be a unicoin shop item to set another user's text to aqua comic sans. And a more expensive item allowing you to return your text to normal. >:-)user147750– user1477502014年04月01日 03:03:57 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 3:03
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9I bought colorful comments, now I'm regretting it. Pass the eye-bleach!Benjol– Benjol2014年04月01日 05:50:16 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 5:50
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8Pi is wrong. Tau is the truth.bjb568– bjb5682014年04月01日 06:30:58 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:30
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1I just bought colorful comments. It's absolutely hideous and it's hard to not feel the 90s nostalgia. I love you Stack Overflow!Adrian Frühwirth– Adrian Frühwirth2014年04月01日 06:58:07 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:58
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Now the link to the unicoin popup seems to have dissapeared, and I can't turn those horrible comment colors off again? Please God somebody help!adeneo– adeneo2014年04月01日 11:12:32 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 11:12
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@adeneo, scroll down to the page footer.TLama– TLama2014年04月01日 11:13:02 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 11:13
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Looks like the best power is to remove widget from sidebar :(dfsq– dfsq2014年04月01日 11:20:58 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 11:20
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1good job .. how do you capture the animations ? you should definitlly check the DOWN-vote animations ;)d.raev– d.raev2014年04月01日 12:43:08 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 12:43
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so how many rocks did you break?JP Lew– JP Lew2014年04月01日 16:40:54 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 16:40
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I was really hoping a
$\pi+1$when upvoted...JMCF125– JMCF1252014年04月01日 19:25:52 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 19:25
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3Striking resemblance to bitcoinWold– Wold2014年04月01日 01:54:45 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 1:54
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1@Wold actually that's from bitcoin project indeed. Thought it's obvious!user152859– user1528592014年04月01日 06:54:23 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:54
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2Looks like a modern day Nazi symbol to me.Fandango68– Fandango682014年04月02日 02:11:19 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 2:11
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Here there's an autominer
(function uniMine()
{
$.getJSON('/unicoin/rock', function(data)
{
setTimeout(function()
{
$.post('/unicoin/mine?rock=' + data.rock, {fkey: StackExchange.options.user.fkey});
}, 10000);
});
setTimeout(uniMine, 11000);
})();
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10Ew, passing a string to
setTimeout...setTimeout(UniMine,11000), please!Niet the Dark Absol– Niet the Dark Absol2014年03月31日 23:58:08 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 23:58 -
1@Niet I can't stand it either O_o IN THIS POST USING MY POWARZDoorknob– Doorknob2014年04月01日 00:11:02 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 0:11
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I wrote my own autominer in PHP, much better UI in a "real" console window XD AwesomenessNiet the Dark Absol– Niet the Dark Absol2014年04月01日 00:18:41 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 0:18
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@NiettheDarkAbsol that was too mainstream?user3462015– user34620152014年04月01日 00:22:44 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 0:22
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This code appears to be taken from @aroth's comment: meta.stackoverflow.com/q/227311ignis– ignis2014年04月01日 07:50:40 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:50
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11Isn't there any script for reputation mining?Himanshu– Himanshu2014年04月01日 10:47:37 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 10:47
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2It's fun, but also sad, to see that someone (many, I suppose) already wrote the same code as yourself.Peter Jaric– Peter Jaric2014年04月01日 13:04:09 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 13:04
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And here is some code to place it in the top bar:
$(".icon-help.js-help-button").html('<img border="0" src="https://i.sstatic.net/uOOzs.png" onclick="$(\'#uc-sidebar-module\').click();" width="25" height="25" style="position: relative; top: -6px;">');And you can use this to hide the sidebar module:$("#uc-sidebar-module").css("display", "none");Compiling it in a simple Greasemonkey script makes it stay :)undefined– undefined2014年04月01日 14:43:12 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 14:43
Stack Exchange, Inc, has released a new digital fiat currency for today's information warrior:
Unicoin ₰
Jeff and Joel set out to make an "information exchange", where knowledge experts could openly trade information, because they knew that one day information would be of such inestimable value that by mining it from the world's experts, they would become Unicornaires. This was their lofty dream.
Unfortunately society has yet to recognize the treasure trove held securely at Stack Exchange, Inc, and most of their attempts to leverage this vast wealth have fallen flat. Sure, minor things have picked up a few million US dollars here and there, but nothing to compare with the actual, real ultimate power of the information they've diligently mined over the years.
Joel, being somewhat more aggressive a businessman, intended to start off with a fiat currency, but it made Jeff feel funny inside, so they delayed, and delayed, and delayed. Eventually, between this and other disagreements, they parted ways amicably.
However, in the meantime, fiat digital currencies changed significantly and exploded. Joel knew he was on the right track, but needed time to ensure that the exchange would operate properly. He intended to release it January 1st, along with the new Meta.SE, but there were rumblings in the digital currency community that a major exchange had serious flaws, and so the decision was to knuckle down and make sure everything was ironed out so this new currency wouldn't suffer the problems of its forebears, and also to distance itself from the impending implosion so as not to be associated with the bad parts of digital currency.
Having done that, as of April 1st, 2014, Stack Exchange Inc is pleased to release Unicoin.
It is universal.
It, like information, is timeless.
It is both mythical and magical.
Enjoy your unicoins!
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Delayed? 6-8 years? Jeff quit his job in early 2008 and the first podcast was in April 2008.This_is_NOT_a_forum– This_is_NOT_a_forum2014年03月31日 22:13:05 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 22:13
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2Unicoins already exist: unicoin.infoTheDoctor– TheDoctor2014年04月01日 00:16:56 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 0:16
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With the emphasis on today's ;)Benjol– Benjol2014年04月01日 05:48:55 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 5:48
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12It's actually Stack Exchange, Inc. Not LLC. We don't want someone to come along and read information which isn't true.2014年04月01日 06:20:49 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:20
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3Not being a Fool, I don't observe April Fool's day.Vector– Vector2014年04月01日 07:25:57 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:25
Unicoins are useless and may become illegal as bitcoins. Do you want to go in jail? Give me yours now and you'll avoid problems.
My unicoin account is @4pr1lf00l.
Thanks.
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1I was about to say the same thing. This is all nepotism if you ask me, and unethical at a time when information should be freely shared and accessible to everyone and every common person or "noob". Yeah, I am one, so there. But seriously, this will create a separate class where your average developer has to "buy" their way into the internet to find information. I am totally against any form of capitalist digital currency that only serves to bolster egos and balloon reputations that have not really been earnt.Fandango68– Fandango682014年04月02日 02:06:26 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 2:06
enter image description here
Actually Unicoins is real deal, and users should go for it... I've scored above 3K Unicoins and what I get on my profile page is the unicoin count (only visible to the user)...
3K Unicoins
enter image description here
I am also able to redeem these coins at certain places, also you get extra options like..
- Unigun (Earn double the reputation on each upvote)
- Stealth Mode (No one can downvote your NEW answers for the first 15 minutes)
- Shower Me Reputation (Earn Reputation On Minor Edits)
- No Barrier (Take out 200 Reputation cap for a day)
I had Around 52.5K in the morning and I just used No Barrier and did various edits and now my reputation is 53.2K so this is really fun..
Note that the reputation earned from unicoins is hidden from the users profile. You cannot really see the user is earning reputation out of what.. He may earn from edits, he may earn double from upvotes..
Thanks Stackoverflow for such a wonderful integration to the website.
Happy April Fools Day, these unicoins will be out in 24 hour's, it's just an April Fools Day prank, Stackoverflow did do some mistakes such as - Unicoins show different count on each Stack Exchange Website - They don't show up on your profile page (They would certainly show as it will be counted as a major integration) - Everythings on jQuery, Stack is not that loose to provide coins which can be easily manipulated.
In all seriousness, besides the obvious April Fools celebration, I actually think it's a clever way of knowing who's using an AdBlocker. The initial hook is where an ad normally loads. I'd be surprised if there wasn't some metric being gathered about what percentage of active users access the Unicoins app and thus are bypassing ad revenue.
Pretty clever. :)
ad
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But most logged-in users don't see the adds correct?NoBugs– NoBugs2014年04月02日 03:28:36 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 3:28
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@NoBugs I did when I switched to Internet Explorer from Chrome (where I do have an ad blocker installed). Pretty sure I was logged in to both.asteri– asteri2014年04月02日 04:14:00 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 4:14
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Please tell me you don't actually believe this.2014年04月02日 05:18:48 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 5:18
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@balpha Do you get paid? Money has to come from somewhere. Maybe you're benevolent overlords who don't care about the financial side of things, but if I ran a business, I would do it. Information like this is useful for knowing how effective your revenue-generating techniques are. So, yes, I do believe it's a real possibility, and I even think it would be the smart thing to do by people on the financial side of your company.asteri– asteri2014年04月02日 13:46:13 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 13:46
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In thinking more about it, though, I suppose there might be an easier way of determining this, just by cross-referencing the number of page hits per day with the amount of ad revenue generated per day. I'm not sure how much information things like Google AdSense report or deliver to their clients.asteri– asteri2014年04月02日 13:52:02 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 13:52
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8If we want to know whether a user runs an ad blocker or not, there are much easier ways to do that: Just have JavaScript in the ad that confirms it was loaded. Believe it or not, this thing was just for fun. Also, the Unicoin widget wasn't in an ad spot. It was all the way at the top. And it was for logged in users only, and anonymous users are the ones who see most ads. That's why the question "is user X running an ad blocker" probably isn't even interestion. Overall percentages -- sure.2014年04月02日 13:54:27 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 13:54
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1@balpha Interesting. When I logged in with IE, I definitely didn't see the Unicoins image. Can't retest it now, anyway. And there's no need to be offended. I did say that the majority of the intent and purpose was "April Fools celebration". It wasn't a criticism of you. Thanks for the work you put in to give everyone a bit of a laugh.asteri– asteri2014年04月02日 13:59:27 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 13:59
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You forgot to review 5 suggested edits! Just saying...Unitato says Reinstate Monica– Unitato says Reinstate Monica2017年06月09日 07:38:15 +00:00Commented Jun 9, 2017 at 7:38
I am currently counterfeiting Unicoin via userscript. Of course, the Unicoin is as shiny and as real as any other Unicoin obtained via mining...
After leaving the script running for 5-6 hours, the gain is diminishing as @Mark Henderson mentioned in the comment. Only 1 successful mine per 20+ mines, i.e. 1 successful mine per 3-4 minutes. I managed 687 Unicoins on StackOverflow, though (and I used most of it to by power-ups).
The rate of mining restored after I stop mining for about 2 hours, either that or because I used up most to buy all the power-ups.
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4Keep us posted on how that's working out for you :-)2014年03月31日 20:23:18 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:23
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1@Sklivvz: It is already working, although there are some 409 errors that I'm currently trying to fix.nhahtdh– nhahtdh2014年03月31日 20:24:32 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:24
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3@Sklivvz works for me... You need to get the intervals just right, that's allManishearth– Manishearth2014年03月31日 20:26:51 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:26
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5It seems to scale the number of coins received per mine. After I mined around 200 coins, I'm now only getting a hit of 1 coin for maybe 10-20 mines.Mark Henderson– Mark Henderson2014年03月31日 21:17:11 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:17
Free unicoins to everyone!
var exploit = {
lastTime : 0,
totalNum: 0
};
$( document ).ajaxComplete(function( event, xhr, settings ) {
var a = $.parseJSON(xhr.responseText);
var id = a.rock;
var sender = settings.url;
if (sender.indexOf("icoin/rock?") !== -1){
var currentTime = parseInt( new Date().getTime() / 1000 );
if (currentTime - exploit.lastTime > 11){
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/unicoin/mine?rock=" + id,
data: {'fkey': StackExchange.options.user.fkey}
});
exploit.lastTime = currentTime;
}
} else {
var res = $.parseJSON(xhr.responseText)
exploit.totalNum += res.value;
}
});
Just open unicoin miner, paste this in the console and wait. You can see your progress by typing exploit.totalNum
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2If you like my script - please feel free to upvote my answers on SO :-). At least I will get some more real points out of the April fool's day.Salvador Dali– Salvador Dali2014年04月01日 10:19:44 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 10:19
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And upvote your avatar too with my magical unicoin powers.Pure.Krome– Pure.Krome2014年04月01日 10:21:10 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 10:21
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"Paste this in console" means what ?Shrivallabh– Shrivallabh2014年04月01日 10:46:24 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 10:46
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5@Shrivallabh If you don't know what he/she/it means, then you are not worthy to be here not use that code. Sorry. Do not pass GO and do not collection 200ドル.Pure.Krome– Pure.Krome2014年04月01日 11:06:47 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 11:06
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2OK i thought this forum is to help people on understanding the concepts they don't know,my bad.Shrivallabh– Shrivallabh2014年04月01日 11:34:18 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 11:34
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@Shrivallabh developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/consoleBor691– Bor6912014年04月01日 13:13:41 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 13:13
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@Shrivallabh, actually, this one (meta) is to talk about that, not really help people programming. Anyway, just follow Bor691's link to know how it works (if you use Chrome).JMCF125– JMCF1252014年04月01日 19:50:07 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 19:50
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+1 sufficient jqueryno ai please– no ai please2021年09月12日 04:16:33 +00:00Commented Sep 12, 2021 at 4:16
APRILFOOL
Yes They are making us FOOL. After buying a power Reputation to the max
Increase your own reputation by a settable factor. I have taken this two screen shots from my and my friends computer
From my account [65k reputations]
enter image description here
And from my friends computer [6.5k reputations]
enter image description here
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12Typical client-side hack lolPacerier– Pacerier2014年04月01日 07:01:36 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:01
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2lolololololololoKees Sonnema– Kees Sonnema2014年04月01日 07:17:18 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:17
Its an April fools joke combined with a very clever way of make us click on various points in the site.. one can only imagine the benefits of that..
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40This answer is obviously wrong and misleading and should be deleted. Somebody wants all the coins for himself!Erwin Brandstetter– Erwin Brandstetter2014年03月31日 22:53:05 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 22:53
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4@ErwinBrandstetter This answer is not misleading and 101% correct. and shouldn't be deleted..zzlalani– zzlalani2014年04月01日 07:10:37 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:10
I honestly wish that Unicoin is only a joke. I strongly feel it as well. However, if it's true, it's SE's way of saying goodbye to the world.
The stack is what it is today because of all the valuable knowledge, professional user experiences and quality moderation. With Unicoins, it will be a matter of BUYING your way to the top rather than EARNING it. And not to forget abasing and abusing your rights.
I've never heard of 'dividing someone's rep by 10!'. What were they thinking??!!
So, it's got all the WRONG ingredients to make it a joke, or a bad idea. I don't believe this is true.
Having said, that, I think the mining game will do good as a 'cooling off' mechanism even without the coins. Probably a good game for FB or some other social network. Then again, it's just JavaScript - too easy to break.
No, it's not real!
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18A serious answer to an April fool, simply brilliant!A.L– A.L2014年04月01日 06:00:12 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:00
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5I already won it years agodoppelgreener– doppelgreener2014年04月01日 00:52:28 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 0:52
this is to check thefmaster's answer that:
any answer about unicoins is guaranteed to receive at least 16.66 upvotes
within one hour and 99.99 within one day.
so this is an answer about unicoin and i must get 16 upvotes in 1 hour. Right??
UPDATE
Ok here is my answer about unicoin.How to mine unicoin automatically on stackoverflow?
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12No, this is an answer about answers about unicoins; the same rules do not apply2014年04月01日 06:56:14 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:56
If you manage to get 1000 unicoins within 24 hours period, you will receive moderator flag automatically for one month. Do not waste this unique opportunity which will not repeat. The elections are gone, an auction will occur in the next period.
Damn it! I have spent 65 unicoins but my posts don't have the purple shadow. I think the functionality is broken :D
Edit: Ok, I see it now, it works just in meta. Has somebody managed to buy more unicorns? Mining them is too slow :D
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2You are a programmer buddy, Just make an auto clicker bot and earn unicoins.Saqib– Saqib2014年04月01日 08:47:19 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 8:47
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2No, I'm not, I'm here just by mistake :DPuigcerber– Puigcerber2014年04月01日 09:31:06 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 9:31
I took me 1 minute to figure it was a joke, at first I thought it was like hats, and what made me figure out was:
80 Unicoins - disable down vote for all you answers and questions.
Dirt cheap, too cheap, that couldn't be, at that moment I knew it is 1st of April.
I've just spent hours mining enough Unicoins to make the comments show nice colours - only to find that the comments are still the same boring black in Meta!
Disappointed!! Bah!
NO! You're wrong! YOU LIAR!
Unicoins are real! Do you hear me? UNICOINS ARE REAAAAAL!!!
Peter told me so! He also told me that they come from Neverl... hey wait.....
The question is "What are Unicoins?".
Unicoins are an inherent cheapening effect which makes users disoriented and confused about what parts of the site are real. You "cause" things to happen which are only illusions to the user, and there is no "directions" or explanation.
If I had the option to remove this gag I would do so. Stack Exchange is a serious site and to litter it with such useless stuff may be fun to most, but is rather unprofessional.
It reminds me of the "Cookie Clicker" game - which was a pointless time-wasting game and nothing more - but at least the game was its own entity and not a downplay of a real thing.
BTW, there is a REAL unicorn on earth:
http://news.discovery.com/animals/videos/animals-mythical-unicorn-found-in-deer-form.htm
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! XD ..................Thom Blair III– Thom Blair III2014年04月02日 23:54:24 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 23:54
Well of course it's serious. I also just discovered that the word gullible isn't actually in the dictionary!
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1Why would someone write a word on your ceiling that isn't even in the dictionary?neminem– neminem2014年04月01日 15:42:16 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 15:42
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1Exactly! And why was he on my ceiling! I need more peanut butter, but my Uncle's toe hurts.Rob– Rob2014年04月01日 18:20:05 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 18:20
BEWARE
T̖̟̲̼̟͙̝͗o̲̗̜̹ͮͭ͋n̹͊͗̋̓̃͡y͈̻̙̣̻͎ͧ̒̅ͯ̂ ̷̀t̵͕̝̮̲̓̿̆̾͊h͕̜e͙̟͈͚͈̳̿͋ͮ̂͠ ̙͙̎̒U͖͕̗͚n̪̹̗̮͖̣̎ͩ̀̉̈̐̚ͅi̸̝̤͉͍̋̚c̖̫̅ͨ̀̀ͯ̂͘ȍͭ̓͂̎͐͏̗̻̩̹̤̫r̢͉̘͓̗͓̟͈̓̒ͩ̅̏͑n͚ ͎͇̫̮̺̹ͭ̑͗̇̽i̧͖͕̠͆ͫs̒̂͝ ̲̗͖̣̑ͤ̔́̓͗c̚̚͠o̺̬̞̳̫͊̈́͋ͣm͚͇̑̈́ͭͪ͌́i̪͔n͇̰̙̳̣̰̳̽͋̚͡g̰̹̰ͫ̄̾͘.̵͈̟̪̮̝̥ͫ̆ͩͩ.̛͖̬͌ͯͪͯͦ̈̋ͅ.̶̬̘̲ͮ͂ͥ̋ͣ̏
It's happening again!
I can feel him touching me... SAVE ME.
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Did you mean "SAVE the world?"Kotauskas– Kotauskas2018年08月27日 10:34:54 +00:00Commented Aug 27, 2018 at 10:34
To answer the question. Unicoins are the method of currency in the evil alternate universe, where the good guys have goatees. Obviously the appearance of the unicoins in StackOverflow means a rift in space and time is currently occuring. I just saw my mom without a goatee walking around with a 3 barrel shotgun... a 3 barrel shotgun! obviously my alternate universe evil mom.
Luckily in the alternate universe they don't have good QA as I tried buying a tag with bacon and it wouldn't let me. We're safe, for now.
I hope the moderators will not get away with this by just saying it was a joke. If it were, they have been lying. It is offending. I don't understand what is funny about it.
I've just tried it and I love the rainbow and happy colors!
+! for Unicoins!
The only thing I'm missing are the unicorns flying all over!
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1BTW, there is a REAL unicorn on earth: news.discovery.com/animals/videos/…Thom Blair III– Thom Blair III2014年04月01日 14:02:52 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 14:02
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