I agree with you in principle, but speaking from strictly a strategic perspective, /r/place presents a vulnerability that can be exploited without contributing what Reddit really needs to regain its status - content.

In the context of a social media war, this means we can use the space to peel off users who wouldn't have been introduced to the Fediverse otherwise, with no risk of harming ourselves or providing Reddit more than a temporary moment of attention. There's been a concerted effort to remove links to Fediverse resources in many subs, and for a great deal of redditors, they're in the dark about what the Fediverse represents and how much better it is than Reddit.

Plus it's just cool to fuck with Spez, and the Fediverse is so cool in general that I'd love to see what the effect would be if we united against a common enemy.

My fantasies of Fediverse starships aside, let's be honest. Neither of us have any idea what it would do, as it's never been done before. And, at least for me, it would be fun to do, even if we don't need to do it.

I don't really see it as stooping to their level. After all I'm not suggesting we just go scrawl "fuck Spez" all over the place - we're already doing that enough here. But sticking up Lemmy, Kbin and Mastodon logos would be a positive organic social media campaign meant to improve the lives of its viewers - and unlike most advertisements, entirely driven by the desire to help others looking for free non-corporate alternatives.

This certainly seems better than any campaign Meta, Twitter, or Reddit could come up with, so I'd say we would be showing them that we're better by being better.