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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[–] 304 points 3 years ago (13 children)

So anyone want to take a guess at the dimensions of the giant "fuck /u/spez" ?

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  • [–] 150 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Its enough to make me log into Reddit again. Wait a second...

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  • [–] 128 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    That would require logging into Reddit. I have a feeling this is to boost clicks for a really poor months performance so they can say “look 3rd party apps being dead is fine!”

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

    Its a trap. The best way to fight reddit is to not even engage. Imagine r/place was left blank because no one was there.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    Especially since it was revealed Reddit employees had access to /r/places without a timer. They'd just fill it with random shit if it was dead (which it won't be, because streamers will get people to flock there regardless).

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  • [–] 63 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    It'll probably be a giant "Fuck /u/spez"

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

    Sadly, nothing bad will happen to reddit no matter how many people try to protest with pixel art on /r/place. Last year, admins unabashedly removed entire swathes of canvas that they deemed inappropriate, sometimes catching legitimate art in the crossfire. Not to mention the admin who got caught red handed placing multiple pixels off of the timer, with video evidence.

    So no, a giant fuck /u/spez will never be allowed to exist long enough to be anywhere close to complete. They'll do the same thing to any API related banner or whatever you might think of.

    The best thing you can do is not engage. They are doing this again so soon after the last one because they desperately need clicks and traffic to boost their site metrics for the upcoming IPO.

    Besides, it's just going to be a canvas covered 75% in flags maintained by bots anyway because reddit sucks at programming in safeguards to prevent abuse, so your 1 pixel of contribution won't mean squat.

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    [–] 61 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    I was looking forward to the next version of r/place in a couple years. Now it’s just utterly pathetic pandering to attempt to bring disaffected users back to the site

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

    The thing I want to know is - are they going to try and block any mention of Fedi or Lemmy on the canvas?

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

    This isn't the worst time, it's the best time.

    If you think like a capitalist, for their IPO it's a catcher to show how strong and big the community is. Investors would love this.

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    [–] 44 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Let’s organize to post a message “Use Lemmy.world”

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    [–] 43 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    This has been crossposted on so many communities, please, stop beating this particular dead horse. I am sick of hearing about Reddit.

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    [–] 34 points 3 years ago

    I KNEW IT LOL
    I thought that they'd try to bring this back to get media attention and traffic from fans of YouTubers if they try to get involved, to try to divert attention from their shitty management of the site

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago

    Still won't go back. Am happy here.

    But just imagine, only a handful of people with bots on their hands. This could end up in a fucking shitshow deluxe.

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

    I don't want to give Reddit any traffic BUT this might be a good opportunity to let people know of alternatives like Lemmy!

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    [–] 25 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Maybe we should write lemmy somewhere...

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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago

    Last time I was happily making the Skyrim logo with r/Skyrim. This time I won't participate. Losing reddit still hurts but I'm happy to be here with y'all.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    So… how many divksnare going to get drawn with spez’s name on it?

    Edit: chtorr is probably gonna get caught over painting things again. Probably even has minions doing it this time

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

    Is there a way to see what's happening to r/place without actually going to reddit? (like a stream or something.) I don't want to give them the traffic.

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    It is impressive the lengths that Reddit will reach to ignore their protesting users. They make one tone-deaf decision after another. r/Place should be quite entertaining.

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

    Let's wait for the anti-reddit pixel art. Mods will "cheat" and remove it before it stays too long.

    And maybe it will even be removed from the "public" data.

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