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Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time::Reddit is bringing back r/Place — a collaborative project where individual users can edit pixels on a giant canvas — at a time when user dissatisfaction with the platform is very high.

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[–] 221 points 3 years ago (16 children)

That doesn't seem like a prudent idea.

"Hmm, a lot of people are incredibly unhappy with decisions we've made in relation to Reddit, we should give them a highly visible visual way to express themselves and see what happens!"

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  • [–] 116 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Spez has almost never had the gift of foresight.

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  • [–] 66 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    What do you mean? I heard that he sees great potential in the youth.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    So that's what he's calling it these days

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You are missing the point. People will return there to partake. r/place was immensely popular.

    Most people expected a 5 year wait. So for most people this becomes a refreshing surprise. And for the duration of the event, many people on Lemmy will return to Reddit. They will partake in organising pixelart and thereby getting pulled back into Reddit communities.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago

    No such thing as bad publicity and for reddit's case no such thing as bad user engagement. He could right in that area. As much as reddit users complain as long as they keep engaged with the platform instead of doing it somewhere else and keep visiting it frequently to vent their frustrations it's a win. Engagement is engagement.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Place was always very popular, it makes sense to roll it out whenever publicity tanks.

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