There’s been a lot of controversy lately surrounding the protest actions over on r/place but having never been there myself I don’t understand what the purpose of the subreddit was originally, or why protesting users chose that specific subreddit to utilize, a breif explanation would be much appreciated ✌️
It’s a subreddit where people can add pixels to a big blank canvas to make a community image. It’s something Reddit only does every few years. People are using it to protest because it was put up in the middle of Spez actively destroying Reddit to get it ready to sell in the IPO.
This was in fact a stroke of genius on Reddits part because all those protesters who ran to log in and show their discontent did nothing but boost Reddits engagement figures and make it look like all the previous protests failed and that Reddit is more popular than ever.
If you’re really upset about the changes to Reddit the best thing you can do is STOP USING REDDIT. People don’t seem to care though as long as they get to graffiti a swear word onto a digital wall…
Thanks guys for the explanation, strange, I’d been on Reddit for more than 10 years and I didn’t know about r/place
The first time they did it, it was fun. Now it is just bots doing everything.
Don’t feel bad about not noticing it, r/place is usually only accessible for around 72 hours. After that it goes away for a few years until someone way up the ladder decides to grace us with it’s presence again lol