https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/tyjkzg/rplace_the_recap_part_1/
created by crowd__pleaser on 07/04/2022 at 18:36 UTC*
1651 upvotes, 101 top-level comments (showing 25)
We did it, Reddit. Or more accurately *you* did it, Reddit. Together you built the most beautiful, chaotic, collaborative, perfectly imperfect piece of art that far exceeded our wildest expectations.
https://reddit.com/link/tyjkzg/video/hb1ahvu7i5s81/player
When we admins first began talking about bringing back r/place— hopes were high. The first version of r/place was so special, and we hoped to once again foster collaboration and creativity from our communities. But to be honest, bringing it back was a risk. Lightning doesn’t often strike twice (just ask anyone who’s tried to front page by posting the same thing more than once…).
But over the past few days we witnessed something truly incredible. Like, still picking our jaws up off the floor, incredible.
So, let’s start with some numbers to see what you all accomplished, shall we?
r/Place lasted just about 83 hours, slightly longer than 2017’s 72. During that time 160 million tiles were placed by 10.4 million people. At the peak of our activity there were over 5.9M pixels placed per hour, with over 1.7M people setting tiles per hour.
The subreddit r/place got over 26 million views, with 2.8 million unique visitors at the peak of its activity while the canvas was live. And activity was off the charts, with an average of 10.4M daily active users in the community, spending a total of 1 billion minutes per day.
This year’s r/place was also a global experience (cue the chorus of “duh”), with over 230 countries & territories participating in the experience. Below are the top 10 most active regions:
1. US
2. Turkey
3. France
4. UK
5. Canada
6. Germany
7. Spain
8. Mexico
9. Australia
10. India
As you now know, this year’s r/place wasn’t exactly a carbon copy of the 2017 experience. This year we introduced new elements: an expanding canvas and color palette, and the Whiteout. These elements brought even more chaos, especially amongst The Blue Corner[1]. Here’s my personal favorite meme[2] that captured the essence of each expansion.
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/tvtanc/this_is_what_it_feels_like/
Conversation in other communities started shifting to the Place canvas, with over 1.19 million mentions related to r/Place made across Reddit. Redditors are chatty, who knew? /s
Here’s a list of the subreddits that saw the most conversation about r/place
1. r/placenl
2. r/placefrance
3. r/placecanada
4. r/osuplace
5. r/ainbowroad
6. r/placede
7. r/americanflaginplace
8. r/place
9. r/u_cod_mobile_official
10. r/placestart
11. r/u_microsoft_surface
12. r/thebluecorner
13. r/cavestory
14. r/greenlattice
15. r/theblackvoid
Countries, streamers, fandoms, and communities all staked their claim in r/place, with rivalries emerging. And while r/place had its fair share of scuffles, it eventually arrived at a harmonious equilibrium. We had unsuspecting heroes emerge as osu! came to the defense of small subreddits, the Amongus (Amongi?) learned to blend in seamlessly with their surroundings, harmonious art made between and across nations’ flags, and factions like r/theblackvoid sought to remind everyone why destruction is a necessary part of creation.
Asking us to pick our favorite canvas moments is like asking someone to pick their favorite child (if all their children were maniacal creative geniuses, and also Canada). But here are a few moments that really made us smile.
**The Italy and Mexico Alliance**
**Star Wars Poster Coming Back**
**Canada Trying to Draw a Maple Leaf**
https://i.redd.it/i46rf0d3i5s81.gif
This recap is only the beginning of our look back into r/place. As we continue to unpack and digest all the data, we’ll be sharing deeper dives into what went on behind the scenes. Let us know in the comments if there’s anything in particular you’d like us to share!
Comment by TobofCob at 07/04/2022 at 19:08 UTC
458 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Do you plan on posting any findings related to bots usage, how many accounts were banned, lessons learned, etc.?
Comment by OtakuBoyHindi at 07/04/2022 at 19:07 UTC
192 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Can some anti bot implementations be made next time
Not like it ruined everything but just having humans with humans limits would have been intresting to see
Comment by veryblocky at 07/04/2022 at 18:53 UTC
124 upvotes, 1 direct replies
10.4 million “people” participated
Comment by NJPW_Puroresu at 07/04/2022 at 18:44 UTC*
169 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Do we happen to know how many people participated in the 2017 one ? Seems like this year had so much more involvement.
Shoutouts to my Gacha Alliance homies & the jerma / Jojo collab.
Comment by manyamile at 07/04/2022 at 18:45 UTC
138 upvotes, 3 direct replies
During that time 160 million tiles were placed by 10.4 million people.
"people"
How many of those were bots?
How many of those were brand new accounts?
Comment by Terimas3 at 07/04/2022 at 18:53 UTC
82 upvotes, 4 direct replies
This time we had an expanding canvas. What if next time it'll be a shrinking canvas?
Make the factions fight for space in battle royale style.
Comment by IndigoSoln at 07/04/2022 at 19:01 UTC
59 upvotes, 2 direct replies
There's a persistent *rumor* that some users or communities used scripts or bots to automate tile placement across a wide range of secondary or extra "alt" accounts.
What's Reddit's stance on this, especially the theory that bot accounts were used to participate in r/place in an unfair manner that's not within what was assumed to be good faith participation?
Comment by Milo-the-great at 07/04/2022 at 19:12 UTC*
73 upvotes, 7 direct replies
I’d love to see my own stats (average pixel survival time, longest pixel survival, pixels placed etc.)
Would also be awesome if there were r/place trophies 😉
Comment by Lucian41 at 07/04/2022 at 18:48 UTC
91 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Place was better tho
Comment by [deleted] at 07/04/2022 at 19:17 UTC
98 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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Comment by TheHiddenNinja6 at 07/04/2022 at 19:33 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Question: are r/u_cod_mobile_official and r/u_microsoft_surface supposed to link to https://www.reddit.com/user/cod%5C_mobile%5C_official/[1][2] and https://www.reddit.com/user/microsoft%5C_surface/[3][4] respectively? Because those aren't subreddits.
1: https://www.reddit.com/user/cod%5C_mobile%5C_official/
2: https://www.reddit.com/user/cod_mobile_official/
3: https://www.reddit.com/user/microsoft%5C_surface/
4: https://www.reddit.com/user/microsoft_surface/
Also it's ironic how r/place itself is only #8 in that list lol
Comment by matheod at 07/04/2022 at 18:52 UTC
222 upvotes, 4 direct replies
My favorite meme was when admin cheated and then censored people talking about it on the subreddit.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/04/2022 at 18:51 UTC
57 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I would like to know if there was a reason why the B2 butt on the french flag hat to be blacked and why some members got banned for the rest of the game, or was that a bug?
Comment by Difficult-Knee-3534 at 07/04/2022 at 18:45 UTC
53 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It made me learn some flags!
Comment by Main-Willow3384 at 07/04/2022 at 18:44 UTC
38 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Amogus everywhere
Comment by Aton_Freson at 07/04/2022 at 20:41 UTC
16 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Kind of funny that an admin links to old.reddit.com: https://old.reddit.com/r/place/comments/tv62ff/can_we_just_appreciate_this_italymexico_transition[1] (The link used in OPs post)
1: https://old.reddit.com/r/place/comments/tv62ff/can_we_just_appreciate_this_italymexico_transition
Guess we’re all just annoyed at the format of New Reddit.
(Great Post though, and thanks for this years April fools :) )
Comment by Halaku at 07/04/2022 at 18:58 UTC
19 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I enjoyed working in the geek zones, from Star Wars to the Wheel of Time chapter icon to a few of the others.
What I'd like to know is if Reddit feels the ability of streamers to direct a virtual army at r/Place is a *good* thing, or a *bad* thing.
What's the difference between a streamer saying "Hey, everyone, go over there and downvote / report / otherwise screw up what they're trying to do in that subreddit", and "Hey, everyone, go over there and screw up what they're trying to do in that subsection of r/place", or is there one?
One appears to be something that would run afoul of "brigading" or "breaking Reddit"... should the other be treated the same, or does the transient nature of r/Place give it a pass?
Comment by [deleted] at 07/04/2022 at 19:02 UTC*
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This account is no longer active.
The comments and submissions have been purged as one final 'thank you' to reddit for being such a hostile platform towards developers, mods, and users.
Reddit as a company has slowly lost touch with what made it a great platform for so long. Some great features of reddit in 2023:
Comment by RealZitron at 07/04/2022 at 19:36 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Excuse you Mr//Mrs reddit admin, "osu!" is ALL lowercase, please fix.
Comment by BluegrassGeek at 07/04/2022 at 19:17 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Please highlight the /r/berserk memorial to its creator!
Comment by GNOGN at 07/04/2022 at 20:07 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Will there be trophies like in other April Fools events?
Comment by Trapasuarus at 08/04/2022 at 02:40 UTC*
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
10.4 million people
“People.” Wonder how big that number would be if there were any captchas involved.
US as the country with the most participation and we couldn’t even get our flag together during the first 2 days.
Comment by Infinite_Hooty at 07/04/2022 at 18:38 UTC
19 upvotes, 1 direct replies
?
Comment by [deleted] at 07/04/2022 at 19:01 UTC*
10 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Number 11 on the subreddits list, /r/u_microsoft_surface, redirects to the (empty) user Microsoft_Surface
Comment by CaptinDerpII at 07/04/2022 at 18:53 UTC
18 upvotes, 4 direct replies
The only reason us Canadians couldn’t make our flag was because we kept getting griefed, but everyone thinks we just struggle to make a maple leaf in general
