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This makes me sick honestly. r/place is one of the nicest memories I have of Reddit and now they’re using it as a cheap tactic to bait us to come back. Really a low blow.
I feel like it’s a thing you really can do only once. Just like Twitch plays Pokémon. It’s super exciting when no one knows what’s the outcome. People try to figure it out in real time.
But the second time you already know what’s going to happen. People have already figured it out. Subs had already worked out plans before it even started.
Any attempt at replicating it becomes stale in comparison.
Yeah and it's also too much effort for communities to band together around it every year. Someging that requires this much effort from communities should remain once every 5 years, otherwise they'll stop participating.
Not that it even matters at this point :(