Reddit is bringing again r/Place, its April Fools’ Day artwork experiment

Reddit mentioned Monday that it’s bringing back its r/Place April Fools’ Day expertise for 4 days starting April 1st. Alex Le, Reddit govt vp for technique and particular tasks mentioned in a weblog submit that the transfer was meant to showcase “the magic of online communities, conversation, and collaboration.”

The r/Place board, which launched on April 1st, 2017 featured a big, white pixel grid on which logged-in Reddit customers might place coloured pixels one after the other each 5 minutes simply by tapping on it. It was wildly fashionable, attracting some 16 million tiles from greater than 1 million customers (however in fact had its share of bizarre and crude pictures as nicely).

For the most recent iteration of r/Place, which begins April 1st at 9AM ET, log in to Reddit and navigate to r/Place by clicking on the widget icon with the letter P on the high of the house feed, or by way of the group drawer within the app. You’ll then have the ability to place a tile or pixel of your selection. If you go to the web page however you’re not logged in to Reddit, you may nonetheless see the picture evolve in actual time, however received’t have the ability to place tiles of your individual. The expertise might be obtainable till April fifth at midnight ET.

“We learned from the original experiment that people online are naturally collaborative, that redditors are more creative than we are, and that Reddit is a place where great things blossom,” Le mentioned within the weblog submit. He added that April Fools’ Day on the platform has “a history of inspiring how we build new features,” similar to Robin, a chat room-like feature that paired random customers which led to Reddit’s real-time chat, and Circle of Trust, a 2018 April Fools’ Day prank that Le mentioned impressed real-time remark and upvote counts.

“We look forward to seeing what collaboration happens on r/place this year and learning how we can better our platform,” Le mentioned.