Derpibooru and the Future

Dear Derpibooru Community,
 
Over the past five years, we have watched Derpibooru grow from a small hobby project into a massive art community and one of the largest sites in the MLP fandom. This site has grown beyond anyone’s wildest dreams and expectations into something major that affects all of our lives daily.
 
Recently, we have been evaluating our position as the fandom’s premier art community, and which direction we should take the site in going forward. After evaluating all of our choices, we have decided to partner with another art website who has a much more vivid, diverse, and longer history than us, who will help us continue to grow and evolve as a site.
 
While our new partner site is not ready to be officially announced by name yet, they have already started to help us improve our branding. Therefore, you may notice some subtle changes to the site’s appearance, with a few colors being tweaked here and there, an updated site logo, and a stronger emphasis on barnyard animal badges.
 
We understand change can be scary, but going forward, we think this will be a major improvement to the Derpibooru community, and we think you’ll like what we have in store.
 
Sincerely,
 
The Derpibooru team
 
(Also, if you really don’t like our fantastic new theme, you can go to your Settings page, click “Display”, and change to the classic theme.)

Thanks to everyone who has contributed over the past five years. The five-year community collab was an excellent indicator of just how many people are part of the community here.
 
Going forward, the administrative and moderation teams will remain the same. We aren’t letting you go that easily. ;)

I, for one, welcome our new Deviant overlords.

This UI is too green

This got to be an april first joke from you people in the UK in your GTM timezone.

@LightningBolt  

I refreshed the page and now everything is doodoo green.
 
This upsets me greatly.

This is the best thing I’ve seen all day.

@boz  
Did you know that Derpibooru is a European website?

The new default theme reminded me of Netscape Navigator.

Tumblr is the best place for art sharing, and the community is so lovable!

This year’s thing is just lame.  
Like, really? That’s it?

@Joey  
Oh yea?  
Then where are all the British flags?

AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I’m ok with this actually…

…I like it

Where are the Sonic fanfictions; I demand answers. This is heresy and blasphemy!

Ah yeah I think I just remembered something about a UK hosting that might not even be relevant anymore. GTM+1 then.

There are not enough tables in the world to flip to convey my rage over this sudden and shocking change.

I shall dub thee, DEVIBOORU.

@Darth Prime  

 
Oh don’t worry about it, you’ll come to like it!

. . . This.. wow, I can’t even look at this site right now. It’s so cluttered that it’s outright ludicrous. I’m fine with the rest but the new buttons on the pictures are so large that they even cut past the frames in the ‘best of’ section.

So the site is going green then

Mmm, green. So St. Patrick’s Daysy.

HELL YEAH