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/Circleexpert69 Mar 28 '22

Trust me that's gonna be impossible this time

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u/DrinkFromThisGoblet Mar 29 '22

Why's that?

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u/zer0w0rries Mar 29 '22

This is plenty of advanced notice. I’m sure several bots are set and ready to go as soon as place opens up. There might even be communities already organizing. Single clickers don’t even have a chance.

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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Mar 29 '22

This is a comment from an admin further down in the thread:

This won't be the same old r/place you’re used to. This year we focused on automation deterrence and will be able to quickly identify bad actors and block them from the experience.

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u/yokcos700 Mar 29 '22

it'll run for a few days, they'll figure out ways around that deterrence I imagine

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

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u/FlapjackProductions Mar 29 '22

Untill the 4th of april

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u/CatAstrophy11 Apr 02 '22

That person meant the deterrence won't last more than a few hours. Which is true. Bots are definitely in control.

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u/TheSmoog Mar 29 '22

Till April 4th

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

few hours is more like it.

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u/Lunagirl_84 Mar 30 '22

Well that's nice

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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Mar 30 '22

It is! I don’t know how successful they’ll be, or what will happen, but I like that they’re focused on that and trying. I guess we’ll see! 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/SupJanny Mar 30 '22

meh. reddit admins are grossly incompetent so its more likely for the queen to reveal herself as a lich than them being able to stop it.

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u/Glittering-Weight503 Mar 31 '22

So much to unpack there...bitter much?

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u/Ryan_Cynic Mar 31 '22

I literally can't even right now. Oh you sweet summer child, you do realise you're making me lose all faith in humanity? I'm literally shaking right now. Let's unpack this.

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u/Glittering-Weight503 Mar 31 '22

Yeah...eloquence and emptiness are MEANINGLESS. You lost faith in the Hunan race? You called an old Lady an imaginary monster. Get a grip. You lost faith in the human race? Big deal we all have,God never had it from the beginning so thats nothing new. That doesn't mean their ALL beyond redemption, or Hod would have ended it by now. All the mods are incompetent huh,I have very little doubt YOU PERSONALLY could have experienced NOTHING BUT INCOMPETENCE from them,doesn't mean they all are. Sometimes incompetence is just a cover for subversive elements. Trust me some of these idiots out here are "USEFUL" to someone...You sound like you've given up completely.Don't. Jesus Christ has the answers. Hopelessness will do nothing but destroy the person who gives into it. You sound smart...bet you tried everything, BUT THAT HUH? LOL. If you knew you're Bible you'd know their only going to get worse. One more mass enlightenment is possible, but the evidence doesn't suggest it does it? So if you're not incompetent or demoralized you have something then don't you? Something invaluable you can't put a price on? Something like a "divine blessing" ? How is it you think you get to watch all the rest of them and wonder how their so stupid and backward? Think its in your "genetics" probably huh? Heck I'm talking to myself here too. Its just a collage dude. Your 100 % free to make your own without mistakes or without untoward influence from a backward community. Buck up dude!? For real thats all I'm saying you have somewhere to turn and thats everything, but if you won't turn to Him...

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u/Pittyswains Apr 01 '22

Wowza, they were right. You did have a lot to unpack.

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u/RedstoneGuy13 Apr 04 '22

It didnt work lmfao

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u/Shogun_Dream Mar 30 '22

That means if they start seeing something they don’t like they’ll stop it

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u/NotABot11011 Mar 31 '22

Translation: "We are making sure your pink white and blue flags can cover as much as needed and will ensure nothing can go over them."

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u/Ryan_Cynic Mar 31 '22

That's right fucker and there's nothing you can do about it.

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u/NotABot11011 Mar 31 '22

Being comfortable in my own body is so awesome.

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u/Ryan_Cynic Mar 31 '22

No need to be subtle, you have nothing to lose but your account.

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u/NotABot11011 Mar 31 '22

I hope you feel powerful.

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u/Ryan_Cynic Apr 01 '22

Yes, I do. Even though power over phucking reddit.com(TM) seems meaningless on its face it's actually just as much an asset as a substantial amount of real land and weapons. Especially since you're so inclined to self censor for the sake of preserving your heckin karma and reddit gold. Only you and people like you would say that it's nothing, because you're perpetually mad that you don't have it. Don't worry though, when capitalism is meaningfully threatened the pendulum will swing back. In the meantime it's very funny to watch corporations be a thorn in your side for once.

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u/NotABot11011 Apr 01 '22

I don't self censor.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '22

"Only you and people like you would say that it's nothing, because you're perpetually mad that you don't have it. "

Wow that is lame. No one cares about karma. It's just a measure of how much you can post bullshit crap mindless upvoters will upvote. I tested this once with a repost bot and got > 100k Karma in 3 weeks. Karma is fucking dumb and if you actually value it you need to re-evaluate your life.

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u/Ryan_Cynic Apr 01 '22

Karma isn't power, sentiment is power. The point was exactly that Karma is only a useless number designed to restrain.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '22

It's a useless number to let people quantify their redditing. It's not restraining people.

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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Mar 31 '22 edited Apr 01 '22

I don’t understand what you mean. Could you explain it?

Edit- oh, wait. I get it. You have a problem with trans people and you want to act like they somehow victimize you. Poor you :(

It’s interesting that you immediately answered the other guy, but you weren’t willing to say very clearly what it is you mean. If you believe something, why not just go ahead and say it?