Reddit's /r/place Experiment

On April Fools Day, Reddit launched a social experiment forum where users could draw on a blank canvas by placing a pixel square tile, available in 16 different colors and dispensed every 10 minutes, much like the long-running crowddrawing site Drawball. In the next 72 hours, what ensued on /r/place were a series of impressive collage artworks created by both collaborative and competitive efforts involving tens of thousands users, and of course, quite a few moments of hilarity and a whole lot of data analysis.



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  • 01

    And So It Began

    Line - 010KuTs r
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  • 02

    Starry Night in /r/Place

    Line - LEPI ROTS ISLAM
    via Reddit
  • 03

    Mona Lisa Smiled

    JWRU 01:06 FECSE EELEEUEE
    via Reddit
  • 04

    Ah, the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise

    Games - PRRADOX FT LU rarchlinux KEA DREDD IS RECRUI DEUS CRUSADER HINGSI UULT CNDRGE R/FACTORI DAYC3OTU S IDYOU EUER HERE THE TRRGEDY OF ORETH E LU ROCI AJ PLRGUEIS THE HISE? I THOUGHT NOT. IT'S NOT A STORY THE JEDI HOULD TELL YOU .IT'S R SITH LEGEND DRETH PLRGUEIS HRS RDRAK LME0 OF THE SITH SOPOHERFUL RND SO HISE HE COULcuSE THE FORCE TO INFLUE NDE THE MI0ICHLORIRNS TO CREATELIFE... HE HRD SUCHR ENDALEDDE OF THE ORGHSIDE THRT HE COULD EUEN KEEP THE ONES HE CAREDRBOUT FROM DVIHG. THE DRRK SIDE
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  • 05

    Soviet Union and ANTIFA Struggled to Gain Hold

    CCCP BASH: THE FASH guilduETO
    via Reddit
  • 06

    While France Evaded Germany

    Line - ESM CEIED FISSTAPE HAPPY Lirthday NOR SE FENRIP RAWE HE
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  • 07

    And Murica Persisted

    Technology - 7trees S erDIAUERR LISACI.AN npr rRoE2
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  • 08

    Then The Rainbow Commission Arrived

    Map - IRPLEC MEMODSROOL'S SENARAOr ck HHE JEESS HE ORECRIDSELEI ASSOUWE BEN CORNER MDE Ox NEVER DIES REELE SRAC DRYESITU P3 6WIl NTKA DEUS VULT! УНЕСК HECK По .STEPON SNEK EDENS TDREDDIT DEUS VULT!! an AqpNice CX TRIHARD ENZADENING DDNR BERCTORI DID YOU EVER HERR THE TRAGEDY OF DAATH PLAGUEIS THEP DARTH' PLAGUEIS E AMD PCMASTERRACE HI HS12 THE WISE? ITHOUGHT NOT. IT'S NOTA STORY. THEJEDI WOOLDTELLYOU RANKE IT'S A SITHLEGEND DRRTHPLAGUEISWAS A DRRK 5URGBE LORD OFTHE SITHSO POWER FUL ANDSWISE HECO
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  • 09

    Before The Void Began

    THE AACK METOOTHANKS PTHE AA
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  • 10

    From the Void Emerged the Dark Side of the Moon

    Pattern
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  • 11

    The Full Picture [FINAL]

    Cheezburger Image 9024674304
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  • 12

    72-Hours Heat Map Analysis of /r/place

    Red - 3staala
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  • 13

    Some PIxels Were Never Painted Over

    Art - R/THENETHERLANDS /R/IK_iHE UnRegistered HyperCUma R/RMTH /R/CIRKELTREH WILHELMUSVAN DASSOUWE BED IR UAN EEN PRINSE VAN DUITSEN BLOED DEN VADERLANDS GETROLIWE BLUF SDEN KOinG VRN IR TOT IN DEN DOOD XXXX Connection lost Please wait - attempting to reestablish. ORROJE BEn I URU ONUERUEERD HISPANJE HEB I ALTYD GEEERDIF NINTENDO Trae er G0ODBOYE Caf NE ATL. SWITCH 3 28 ЗРЬ 2:08 HERGEXO PARADOX JAPAN UUIC THE BUTTON RHARYLAND LUy HISS NO 5TEP ON SNEK! SFU APRILKNIGHTS OF THE STORH RPOLANDERLL ar
    via Reddit

     (White Dots)

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  • 14

    Souvenirs Were Made

    Product - venus puzzle Ir/place 000 1500
    via Reddit
  • 15

    One Redditor Vowed to Get It Tattooed for 50K Upvotes

    Text - if this post gets 5000 upvotes. will tattoo the final canvas on my butt *Bamboozle-free Guarantee
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    47.4K upvotes as of 4/5/2017.

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