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Reddit Place (/r/place) - FULL 72h (90fps) TIMELAPSE

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What it is

A 72-hour timelapse of Reddit's 2017 April Fools' experiment r/place, a collaborative pixel canvas where each user could place one pixel every few minutes. The frames come from an image archive and the Reddit API.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it as the full record of r/place whenever the experiment, or collaborative canvases in general, comes up.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I found this whole thing to be incredibly fascinating.”

    Full timelapse of the 72-hour /r/place event.

    Ajedi32, 2017-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment”

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Topics: r/place, timelapse, reddit, social experiment, pixel art

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