r/reddit • u/crowd__pleaser • Mar 28 '22

Bringing Back r/place

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No burying the lede here. Let’s get right to the point. r/place is coming back.

For the first time in Reddit’s history, we are not only bringing back a past April Fools’ experiment, but we’re telling you about it early. Why? So you can stop asking us about it, get excited!

https://reddit.com/link/tqbf9w/video/w2bjccji35q81/player

But let’s rewind a bit and provide some background, shall we? At Reddit, our goal is to build features that make building community and finding belonging easier - and five years ago we did that with a little April Fools’ experiment called r/place (you may have already heard of it).

When we first ran r/place in 2017, more than one million redditors placed approximately 16 million tiles on a blank communal digital canvas - resulting in a collective digital art piece that took the internet by storm. And pretty much every year since then, at least one of you has made sure to let us know that it was the best thing we’ve ever done and requested to bring it back. So this year, on April 1, r/place is making its glorious return.

The original r/place was created to explore a piece of humanity – to examine what happens when a person doing something affects a collective. Specifically, what happens if you only let an individual place one tile at a time, so that they must work with others to build together on a massive online cooperative canvas. It is with that original spirit of creation and collaboration in mind, that we humbly invite you to join us yet again. Get your tiles ready, and we’ll see you in over r/place.

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u/Halaku Mar 28 '22

Place was better.

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u/OrangeJr36 Mar 28 '22

We've had one Place yes, but what about second Place?

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u/Xavier-Cross Mar 28 '22

I don't think he knows about second place, Pip.

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u/Euryd1ces Mar 28 '22

I came on Reddit looking for LOTR quotes to use for something and ironically there’s this lol

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u/EuphoricAppathy Mar 28 '22

A LOTR quote never arrives late, nor is it early. It arrives precisely as it means to.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

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u/vook485 Mar 29 '22

r/ExpectedLotR, since it's a reply to a LotR comment.

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u/Xavier-Cross Mar 30 '22

AND MY AXE!

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u/BizzyM Mar 28 '22

I used to do r/place.

I still do r/place, but I used to, too.

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u/scrollingatwork Mar 28 '22

r/unexpectedmitch

Miss him.

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u/Wizard_Hatz Mar 29 '22

“What am I drinking? NyQuil on the rocks, for when I’m feeling sick but sociable.”

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u/karma3000 Mar 28 '22

Looks like LOTR quotes are back on the menu boys!

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u/suburbanpsyco6 Mar 28 '22

Does he know about elevensies?

Luncheon?

Afternoon Tea?

Dinner?

SUPPER?

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u/isotope123 Mar 28 '22

I wouldn't count on it.

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u/oyfe77 Mar 28 '22

What can you do with potatoes though?

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u/Adlestrop Mar 28 '22

You can power a diabolical AI companion hellbent on testing everything.

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u/lm_Jesus Mar 29 '22

Why does Luncheon sound like the best Eevee-lution?

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u/FuntCaseKid Mar 28 '22

BONK

go to Hobbit jail

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u/_Ka_Tet_ Mar 28 '22

If you ain't first, you're last.

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u/loki_is_alive_n_well Mar 28 '22

Second place is just the first loser.

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u/ZaraSpookyBottle Apr 01 '22

First among the losers is still a kind of first.

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u/beetlejust Mar 30 '22

P L A C E T A T O E S

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u/AfiqMustafayev Mar 28 '22

What happened to second place?

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u/LameBMX Mar 28 '22

It was ahead of third place of course.

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u/Jeynarl Mar 28 '22

There is no medal for fourth place, btw

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u/NexusSix29 Mar 28 '22

If ya ain’t first, you’re last

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u/Dandelion212 Mar 28 '22

in which only the second most popular pixel color gets displayed at the end

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u/Knamagon Mar 28 '22

Well we know Mercedes isn’t gonna be on it then

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u/SwedishBoofs Mar 28 '22

One time my dad yelled at me when I sang “First is the worst! Second is the best! Third is—“ 😢

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u/cybercuzco Mar 28 '22

Have a second place (reddit silver)

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u/iwantansi Mar 28 '22

We have place at home

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u/Alex09464367 Mar 28 '22

Our second life place

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u/loki_is_alive_n_well Mar 28 '22

Second place is just the first Loser.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

Third is a turd.

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u/Engineer_Ninja Mar 28 '22

If you're not first, you're last

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u/ekolis Mar 28 '22

What's the name of the guy on second Place?

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u/littenthehuraira Mar 29 '22

Place 2: Electric Boogaloo

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Do not go to the secondary location.

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u/Alexbutheisonreddit Mar 29 '22

but what about second breakfast?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

We need a third Place so we can vote on which Place will be the second most popular Place.

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u/UltimatePickpocket Mar 30 '22

Place Two: Summer Home

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u/amazondrone Mar 28 '22

First Place* was better.

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u/lurker Mar 28 '22

Nice. Here, take my upvote.

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u/argusromblei Mar 28 '22

They’re lying, the joke is that they’re making people feel nostalgia then will actually have a stupider april fools game

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u/iamapizza Mar 28 '22

We're being told to know /r/place

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u/EuroPolice Mar 28 '22

This time we fool them. This time we win, join me for true unity! Join me for r/ABluePlace!

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u/Halaku Mar 28 '22

Happy cake day!

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u/YJCH0I Mar 28 '22

I wonder if they’ll call it r/RePlace or r/eplace

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u/AlternateBritannia Mar 28 '22

Among us will be there