A current state of Place on Reddit shows seems to seems to be signalling something to u/spez :)
This was probably the most cynical move Reddit could have made. A big part of what made r/place special was that it was so rare. I have such good memories of the first one.
It’s also just incredibly boneheaded. The API changes happened three weeks ago. People have not forgotten, they are still removing/threatening mods even today, hell there are almost 2000 subs still protesting. And now they give people a microphone during an incredibly public event that they coordinated with twitch?
Steve is not the only idiot at Reddit right now.
Kbin / Lemmy should have a R Place like event sometime
Maybe something could be organized on pixelcanvas.io?
I’m not so sure. Always seemed like a gimmick to me. But I’m a grumpy sod.
I can’t imagine how something like this might exist solely to boost engagement and draw additional user accounts. I’m sure that would be incredibly shocking (or just obvious as hell with user numbers being boosted by numerous bot accounts, as well as increased user time on site). “Reddit migration? What migration? Just look at how many users are coming back.”
It’s comically tragic how utterly gullible people are in general.
