First of all, I want to clear the air right away. Yes, knighty posted this news on April Fool's Day. Yes, he made the blog post very sarcastic and humorous. All of that was just to sort of cushion the impact, if you will. Some big changes are going to be coming under my banner, and they're going to start as soon as the move is all settled and everybody is up to speed.

First order of business is that big site changes are going to be less frequent now, and users warned in advance of their coming. While I do adamantly believe that almost all of knighty's redesigns and general updates have been good, and done for the good of the site, they are certainly quite jarring, especially when they happen out of nowhere. So we're going to slow down a bit on those. That doesn't mean the site will stay the same - we're always improving! - just expect it to be less frequent.

Now on to a more controversial change. From tomorrow onwards, no new human fics may be submitted to the site. This includes Human in Equestria fics, humanized fics, and any fics about the future Equestria Girls show (may be subject to change). As usual this is not retroactive so your current stories are safe. I understand this change is unlikely to be received well by the majority of our users, but I do believe that in the long run it will be healthier for the site. Humanized fics tend to cause nothing but issues, both for the users and the moderation team.

Those are the two big changes that I wanted to get out of the way early. Most of the other changes will be behind the scenes, and you probably won't even notice them, but they are all with the aim of improving the site. Again, I want to stress that the confusion is merely the result of some unfortunate timing, and these changes are almost certainly going through. Silly knighty!

RIP in pieces knighty, you will be missed.