R/place

2022 - 4 - 2

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Reddit relaunches its r/place April Fools artwork that anyone can ... (The Independent)

Users can add a pixel to the collaborative artwork, the brainchild of Wordle creator Josh Wardle.

From Robin inspiring our real-time chat product to Circle of Trust inspiring real-time comment and upvote counts, April Fools’ Day provides Reddit a period to test infrastructure at a grand scale and try things that are new and off the wall. The original version was created by a team including Josh Wardle, who would go on to found the even more viral Wordle online game. The board, which was first launched in 2017, is a large grid where one million redditors placed approximately 16 million tiles on a blank communal canvas.

Reddit's New Logo as it brings back the 2017 r/Place on April Fools ... (TheTealMango)

Reddit is wishing its users April Fools Day with its new pixelated logo that stays on the site until April 5, midnight. Know about r/place.

In 2021, a $700 million funding round led by Fidelity Investments raised the valuation to over $10 billion. To put it in simpler terms, it was a collaborative project and social experiment hosted by Reddit on April 1, 2017. Reddit raised $50 million in a funding round led by Sam Altman and investors like March Andreessen, Ron Conway, Snoop Dogg and Jared Leto. The company was valued at $500 million then. The international community website brought back its 2017 r/Place once again. First of all, Reddit wishes you a Happy April Fools Day! But wait, it’s no prank. Well, r/Place is back!

Reddit's New Pixelated Logo & r/Place Explained (DualShockers)

Reddit users were greeted with an all-new pixelated logo today, and many are curious to learn more about it and r/Place.

This has got many people confused, and they are wondering if this is the new logo for Reddit. Well, it is the new logo, but only for a short period of time. Every Reddit user from across the world gets a chance to place tiles on this canvas, and contribute to filling the entire canvas. Games like World of Warcraft prank players by modifying the inventory of certain classes, which players often consider a bug.

Is Your Reddit App Icon Pixelated? Here's Why It Suddenly Looks ... (Screen Rant)

Customizable app icons are a great way to liven up your home screen. Recently, however, the Reddit app icon decided to turn pixelated all by itself.

While Reddit hasn't confirmed when the pixelated app icon will go away, it'll likely go back to normal once r/Place ends on April 5. Over in the r/Pixel4 subreddit, user u/cp2434 posted, "I updated the Reddit app and right after it updated the Reddit app icon on my home screen appeared blurry. The Reddit app allows you to change its app icon. More specifically, the Reddit app icon recently turned pixelated. Following the latest update to the official Reddit app, many users have noticed that the app icon is now pixelated — causing them to wonder what in the world is going on. However, within the last couple of days, you may have seen that the Reddit app automatically changed icons on its own.

Reddit's r/Place art experiment has already devolved into beautiful ... (Input)

Flags, factions, and pixelated “wars” galore.

So, add a pixel to the big, ever-changing internet masterpiece. A Canadian Maple leaf sprouted odd fingers, and there’s a slightly-misshapen Rubix Cube with a game of tic-tac-toe, and there are flags from around the world peppered throughout the canvas. This must be the r/Place — Fans of a popular rhythm game called “osu!” coordinated very well to quickly deploy a circular logo.

Reddit Brings Back R/Place Artwork That Anyone Can Add To (NDTV)

Social media platform Reddit has brought back r/place, its collaborative artwork. The board is a large grid where collaborators placed tiles on a blank ...

The artwork became live at midnight on April 2. To participate in the artwork, Reddit users will have to click (or tap, depending on the device they are on) on the new widget icon with the letter “P” at the top of the home feed, or open their community drawer in their app and tap on it. “Some have visited a canvas before.

When does r/place end on Reddit and how to do it? (HITC)

The viral experiment is also the brainchild of Wordle inventor Josh Wordle. It is only going to last for a few days and if you want to be among the millions who ...

One tweeted: “Just found out that the guy who made Wordle is the same guy who made /r/place and I’m truly grateful for the birth of this man.” Reddit users sure are glad to be able to participate in r/place again after five long years. r/place started on April 1 at 9 am ET. It’s open for users to participate until midnight on April 5.