literally lol, the idea of doing a r/place every year was already really unpopular as there was little cultural change. I wonder if they're going to do anything unique compared to last time.
Yeah. The original place was super unique because it was a brand new idea dropped with no warning. That was a one time community development. Even the second Place revival was only marginally better, but a third? Really can't repeat that magic especially when its such an obvious user grab.
Reeks of desperation. Thankfully, it looks like everybody knows what to do, although I think there will be the very natural counter-protest where contrarian redditors will say "Can't we just paint flags without complaining about the API or Spez?". We'll have to wait and see I guess.
The first one grab everyone by surprise and automation tools took a couple of days to dominate, the second one it just took a couple of hours to update those tools. This time? Pretty sure that tools are going to work from the get go.
I think the reddit migration is still fresh in a lot of people's minds. Give it some time and it will die down. At least until reddit does the next inevitable stupid decision.
It's fantastic that whoever designed this animation managed to get away with presenting Reddit as a freaking dumpster fire. You'd think someone in the higher ranks would request a change of iconography.
10000% a play to get people to install their mobile app. They don’t care that it’s just so they can contribute one pixel to a giant “fuck spez” banner, all that matters is their app metrics will grow a bit.
They could spend time and resources improving their site experience for blind users, moderation tools, or improving their shoddy mobile app, but instead they do r/place.