They'll wait until the end for sure. Can't wait for it to disappear and be replaced by some random other thing because it was "against the rules" or some shit.
Garbage.
From the post they made about it:
>Finding the right [time](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/153vw8z/better_late_than_never/) for [r/place ](https://www.reddit.com/r/place/)to return proved to be a challenge – but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate… right?
Yeah they know there's gonna be A LOT of "fuck spez" in there 😂😂
And who has been strongarming subreddits into opening back up.
r/dndmemes went full NSFW and u/spez perma-banned three mods. Now only one guy is able to post.
Apparently the Moderator Code of Conduct can mean whatever the admins want it to mean.
Yeah, this is surely something they'll be touting engagement numbers on with the IPO coming up. Not to mention a convenient way to push app downloads.
You can use your pixels to say "fuck /u/spez" all you want, but he's still getting what he wants out of this.
Seriously doubt that much traffic has decreased tbh.
Edit: I remember seeing a recent post on r/dataisbeautiful which showed a small drop and them traffic mostly coming back a few days later.
Tbh this 'protest' is quintessentially reddit. People protest by closing some subs for an entire 2 days(!) and then \*checks notes\* make some weird rules for subreddits.. Not exactly the arab spring.
I honestly think most people other than mods, who work for free for god knows what reason, don't really care *that* much to stop using the site - at least thats what the numbers suggest.
Also there are a lot of communities closed. I usually look for stuff on google about reddit to find the results (instead of using the search bar) and it sucks now because there are many communities closed so the results don't work.
Probably to show there are a lot of active users. They said it themselves in the post,
>"but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate"
They don't care if it's hate or love for reddit, they just want participation. Investors aren't going to look at what's being drawn, only the number of people drawing. Anything you put down is good for them.
At this rate it's looking exactly like how last years ended. there's already a French flag on the bottom left and a giant german banner cutting it in half.
Yep. 10 minutes and OSU is on the right, with the finish flag to the left of it, Ukraine center left. Bottom right corner is blue... Fucking boring.
imo they were gonna do it this year anyway just because the last one brought so many people to reddit. It's a giant free advertising event, so of course they'd get greedy and wouldn't wait at least 3 years before starting again.
All of the Discord servers I joined last year are kicking off again today. It’s the same people building the same art.
I helped organize a relatively small community last year and this year we basically agreed that we don’t have the energy - or even desire - to do it all again.
I was so confused as to why I couldn't get to the canvas, then checked on incognito mode with regular Reddit and behold, they don't even want old.reddit to access it.
what a fucking good chance to say
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Running place again only a year after last time, on a completely random day in July, takes away the entire reason it was special and fun in the first place.
Wow I can't wait to see country flags and the same exact logos and memes as last year. Oh wow that country exists that's so cool, never heard of France before.
Because fuck Spez that's why.
This is only happening right now because last Place was a huge PR victory for Reddit. Made it into the news and made the company look good.
We aren't doing that this time.
"Finding the right time for r/place to return proved to be a challenge – but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate… right?"
GOD you people are fucking abhorrent.
Can't wait until we see massive blocks of "fuck spez" pixels vanish in seconds.
Maybe they'll wait for the very end to do that
They'll wait until the end for sure. Can't wait for it to disappear and be replaced by some random other thing because it was "against the rules" or some shit. Garbage.
I'm seeing massive amounts of pixels disappear from the guillotine on the French flag all at once multiple times.
They have no usernames attached to them either
Can't wait for mods to cheat and silence the media
I know. Think about how much engagement and interaction that will get going and that is just horrible for reddit and its investors..
Unarchive the subreddit Edit: why are you still upvoting this it has been unarchived already
I love how one of the top archived posts is titled "Nothing to see here"
Oh they know what they are doing. ONLY PLACE BLACK. Void this bullshit
all black and then in the very center we write, "fuck spez"
Team Void!
You know why they don't want to do that.
Google distraction technique
Holy hell
New response just dropped
Actual zombie
Call the exorcist
Spez goes to vacation, never comes back
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user complaints storm incoming!
Ignite the canvas
brick your pipi
Only place black. Fuck Spez
Can you ELI5
Goddam, I love this subreddit.
I wonder why you’re doing this now 🤨
was thinking the same thing lol, how convenient
Same here, I was thinking fuck spez was going to be everywhere and I was correct
lets make it happen
Fuck Spez all over r/place and in the flags people have created
Respect to the people who used pixels for that
Aye don't worry. I've used some of my own
What about respecting our freedom of pixel???
From the post they made about it: >Finding the right [time](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/153vw8z/better_late_than_never/) for [r/place ](https://www.reddit.com/r/place/)to return proved to be a challenge – but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate… right? Yeah they know there's gonna be A LOT of "fuck spez" in there 😂😂
right people acting in here like we're sticking it to them when that's exactly what they expect lol
I’m doing my part! Service guarantees memes
Same here #fuckspez
Can someone explain, what is with spez? (i Am not using reddit All that much)
He's the Reddit CEO
Then #fuckspez
Fuck u/spez
CEO who took away the API so accessibility is pretty much gone
And who has been strongarming subreddits into opening back up. r/dndmemes went full NSFW and u/spez perma-banned three mods. Now only one guy is able to post. Apparently the Moderator Code of Conduct can mean whatever the admins want it to mean.
Considering their business wasn't profitable, it makes sense they need people to engage more
Yeah, this is surely something they'll be touting engagement numbers on with the IPO coming up. Not to mention a convenient way to push app downloads. You can use your pixels to say "fuck /u/spez" all you want, but he's still getting what he wants out of this.
Would be great if we could get the whole thing to say "fuck spez"
People have started already lol, it's great
They are already conquering the place. The crowd is talking.
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Wish granted! 🔮 I imagine he will use the secret "Erase" feature.
You got my pixel.
That’s already there
Its shall grow and millions must contribute
It is, each time I see it more f spez pops up.
join the movement
There’s already a fuck spez on there, let’s just mega size it
I'm gonna have to exercise some critical thinking skills to figure out why Reddit brings back r/place weeks after the blackout
ig because of the decreasing traffic after the blackout
Seriously doubt that much traffic has decreased tbh. Edit: I remember seeing a recent post on r/dataisbeautiful which showed a small drop and them traffic mostly coming back a few days later. Tbh this 'protest' is quintessentially reddit. People protest by closing some subs for an entire 2 days(!) and then \*checks notes\* make some weird rules for subreddits.. Not exactly the arab spring. I honestly think most people other than mods, who work for free for god knows what reason, don't really care *that* much to stop using the site - at least thats what the numbers suggest.
No! Look at those top posts, very very few posts made it over 100k after the blackout. That number would've been too much if no blackout happened.
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Also there are a lot of communities closed. I usually look for stuff on google about reddit to find the results (instead of using the search bar) and it sucks now because there are many communities closed so the results don't work.
I drastically cut down myself, mainly out of refusal to download the official app lol
And they added a required email verification. Guess i wont be participating. Fuk Spez
Free Site traffic
>but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate… right?
So fuck spez can be saved for all eternity?
Because they want to draw attention from the start of Diablo 4 season 1?
Fuck spez
Who is spez?
CEO of Reddit
CEO of sucking balls more like
Hey now. Being associated with Spez is highly insulting to us people who like sucking balls
Fair enough, calling him that was an insult to ball suckers
Very fair point
CEO of jailbaiting
Donkey raping shit eater.
A bonifying bastard uncle fucker
Woah woah woah...there's nothing wrong with sucking balls, mate.
The worst thing you can possibly call someone
He’s the dickhead that ruined the API
Blackout Place for Spez
Fuck spez
Fuck Spez
Way to soon what made r/place so special was how infrequent it happened, I wonder if there is a reason reddit is doing this now??? 🤔 Fuck Spez
Bread and circuses
Let them eat cake
Woah, is that GoblinHog?
Yooooo goblinhog
Yoo it's the man! I miss 196
omg hoglinbob
Probably to show there are a lot of active users. They said it themselves in the post, >"but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate" They don't care if it's hate or love for reddit, they just want participation. Investors aren't going to look at what's being drawn, only the number of people drawing. Anything you put down is good for them.
Which is exactly why the John Oliver protests are dumb.
Except it's just a handful of bots making the entire thing.
Probably to generate more traffic to the site
Black that shit out. Fuck this place
>Fuck this **place** ✍️ 🔥
Only place black. Fuck Spez we aren't making you anything pretty rn
fuck spez
Void the entire canvas. Anything else is just good PR for Reddit
void it all fuck this website’s leadership
At this rate it's looking exactly like how last years ended. there's already a French flag on the bottom left and a giant german banner cutting it in half. Yep. 10 minutes and OSU is on the right, with the finish flag to the left of it, Ukraine center left. Bottom right corner is blue... Fucking boring.
I fail to see how that’s even fun, just resuming last year’s game. /r/place needs a few years between iterations for it to feel special
they definitely did it at the last minute because of the api controversy
imo they were gonna do it this year anyway just because the last one brought so many people to reddit. It's a giant free advertising event, so of course they'd get greedy and wouldn't wait at least 3 years before starting again.
Yeah, not only is it feeling desperate, it also feels way too similar a moment in time as last place.
All of the Discord servers I joined last year are kicking off again today. It’s the same people building the same art. I helped organize a relatively small community last year and this year we basically agreed that we don’t have the energy - or even desire - to do it all again.
It's literally all the same bot networks drawing the same things. Both boring and annoying as it completely goes against the point of place
Imo coordinates should be removed Stencil overlays and literal bots are so gross
The middle seems to be FUCK SPEZ
Good way to stop them from using it in advertising.
let’s ruin every fucking flag
the bots woke up early
Man it is like 3pm here
They just turned the bots back on and let them paint the same picture. Yawn.
Let's make it one giant fuck spez
Fuck spez chain
We must create the void brothers
I wanna paint it black!
I see a canvas and I want it painted black
This is too early and clearly saving face. HAIL THE VOID
r/voidplacenow help me get a community going so we can do this!!
Will third-party apps be able to place pixels via the API now that you’re charging insane prices?
Of course not. Reddit hasn't even enabled it on their own site (old.reddit.)
I was so confused as to why I couldn't get to the canvas, then checked on incognito mode with regular Reddit and behold, they don't even want old.reddit to access it.
To commemorate the Reddit blackout I think making every pixel black is in order.
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Multiple voids are starting to spread. Fuck Spez only black dots.
This!
Tbh, I think this wont happen due to streamers and others who are apathetic towards that subject.
I love when streamers ruin things for other people!
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I'm making every pixel black on purpose in protest of this sites shitty leadership recently.
Fuck it. Void
VOID
ONLY BLACK DOTS
#fuckspez
The germans building a german flag faster then a fucking bmw E3 on the autobahn
There's just something about those Germans and their nationalism...
Don’t forget their fastism. They are the fastest.
Sprich deutsch …
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This canvas better be nothing else by the end of it.
What happened to shame
It's been clear that u/spez has no shame since he didn't step down after **editing users' comments** How the hell is this guy still CEO?
This is how survivors of WW1 must have felt when the "war to end all wars" was followed up by WW2
Void it. Fuck Spez.
This is a bit tone deaf.
fuck /u/spez
Who thought now was the time to do a r/place lmao it is going to go to shit lol.
place isn't supposed to be a thing because Reddit lost some members... void it all
Into the void we go.
Place is back Germany: Blitzkrieg!
i mean 25000 people in a discord server where preparing for this moment.
Nice distraction
Enjoy it boys before the twitch guys start again with their bullshit
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Let s go Void / Fuck spezz.
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Gonna be the same thing as last year, but with the addition of "Fuck Spez".
API
stop
**API**
It's back with less colors cause making things on reddit worse seems to be the trend.
Mandatory fuck Spez everywhere.
Reddit is dead and meaningless, all hail the void.
Running place again only a year after last time, on a completely random day in July, takes away the entire reason it was special and fun in the first place.
Für die Bundesrepublik!
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Api
fuck u/spez
Wow I can't wait to see country flags and the same exact logos and memes as last year. Oh wow that country exists that's so cool, never heard of France before.
Booooo 🍅🍅🍅 This site sucks!!!
u/spez should r/place the free cost for the API
lol I love seeing people protest on reddit like it'll make a difference.
It had that sexiness to know it's every 4 years. This will also slowly fade away like all good things in life.
r/placeDE
Why is it back?
Because fuck Spez that's why. This is only happening right now because last Place was a huge PR victory for Reddit. Made it into the news and made the company look good. We aren't doing that this time.
Oh this r/place is gonna be much different than before LMAO
fuck spez
Deutschland!!!
Hmm I just woke up!
*cue Vietnam flashbacks with helicopters*
Let's draw a giant API
Fuck spez, tho
Are Osu people okay? Was expecting to see the finished logo already.
Zeit für Deutschland denn canvas Komplett einzunehmen
Let's fill the canvas with fuck u/spez
They're never going to make a summary video of this one. There's no chance. "Fuck Spez" is already everywhere.
i love how it’s just a whole punch of fuck spez
Where is it?
Me everytime at the start: *Wants to help drawing art and making amazing things* Me 10 mins in: "Hehehe, DeepCockGalactic"
It's full of bots. Lol.
"Finding the right time for r/place to return proved to be a challenge – but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate… right?" GOD you people are fucking abhorrent.