4chan’s DOGE-inspired April Fools’ prank leaves posters seething

Instead of the usual perverse flood of content this morning, 4chan users awoke to an enraging surprise on April Fools' Day. 

Emblazoned across many of the site’s boards was a bald eagle holding a gavel and a four-leaf clover, a play on the seal of the United States.

Above the image, a banner read, “This board has been closed by order of the Department of 4chan Efficiency.”

Spoofing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), moderators shut down swathes of the site, leaving users befuddled and enraged.