So anyone want to take a guess at the dimensions of the giant "fuck /u/spez" ?
Its enough to make me log into Reddit again. Wait a second...
If we're patient, we can see it play out a dozen times in YouTube videos without giving Reddit any traffic.
Edit: I am not patient.
We shall eagerly await your report. Lol
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!”
Ding ding ding
I mean, its pretty transparent attempt by spez to boost.interactions with the site, but that won't stop people from doing exactly what spez wants them to do.
Admin can remove it easily like last year. They removed several things they didn't want.
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!"
Spez has almost never had the gift of foresight.
What do you mean? I heard that he sees great potential in the youth.
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Spez has never had the gift of foresight. Reddit was Paul Graham's idea after he shot down the idea that Huffman and Ohanian pitched
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/09/how-steve-huffman-and-alexis-ohanian-built-reddit
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.
Place was always very popular, it makes sense to roll it out whenever publicity tanks.
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.
Imagine r/place was left blank because no one was there.
That would be amazing but also not gonna happen
Edit: instead maybe the mods at r/pics can convince everyone to only place white pixels on the canvas
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).
One massive, throbbing, pixelated John Oliver.
Oops! All swastikas!
It'll probably be a giant "Fuck /u/spez"
Nah it will be covered up by the admin brigade and cause more Trubble for reddit.
By the sounds of it, the staff at reddit also hate u/spez, so maybe they'll join in
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.
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
The thing I want to know is - are they going to try and block any mention of Fedi or Lemmy on the canvas?
I guarantee you they've got a flock of admins sitting there with the tool to replace any pixels they want.
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.
Because the Reddit hive mind will most likely use it as a form of protest against spez. I also agree that it's the best time, going to go get me my popcorn and enjoy the art
Let’s organize to post a message “Use Lemmy.world”
Why Lemmy world specifically? I'd just go for Lemmy in general and then it's a shorter message and doesn't lead to Lemmy world becoming even more bloated/slow.
“Use Lemmy” works for me
And drive traffic to reddit? Nah
This has been crossposted on so many communities, please, stop beating this particular dead horse. I am sick of hearing about Reddit.
Right? Keep this shit to c/reddit.
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
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.
I don't want to give Reddit any traffic BUT this might be a good opportunity to let people know of alternatives like Lemmy!
Maybe we should write lemmy somewhere...
But that would require us to use Reddit, which I think may be their plan all along.
Don't be surprised when the Lemmy pixels are suddenly overwritten by spez.
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.
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
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.
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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