How We Built r/Place (2017)

Last time, wasn't there someone here saying it was easy to do and they could do it in a weekend, and then actually delivered? Can't find it, but perhaps someone here remember more about it?

Re: How We Built r/Place (2017)

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 1:49 PM UTC

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Re: How We Built r/Place (2017)

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Post by skilled » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 1:50 PM UTC

It was nice to have it back, though I hope they will stick to that 5 year gap. On day 2, the streaming community at large caught up with the project and there were a lot of "wars" happening for space. If you are a small Reddit community, you don't stand a chance against 300,000 people using Tampermonkey to recreate a gigantic drawing in 10 seconds.

Having said that, I also hope that the next time it does happen - Reddit developers will implement at least some protection against this kind of brigading. I wouldn't be surprised it was also the reason they decided to wipe out the whole thing in the end.

Re: How We Built r/Place (2017)

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Post by netrus » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

deelowe wrote: post #5

Article is "How We Build r/Place," not "We built r/place." And, as others have commented, this is from 2017.

The "How" is removed automatically on HN, if I remember correctly. I never understood how that is helpful. Maybe it is to "disarm" Buzzfeed-like "How to ..." headlines, but more often than not it just creates (slightly) misleading titles.