Offizielles deutschsprachiges r/Place Subreddit

Yup, you're reading this right. There is credible evidence r/place, the event where users could place pixels on a canvas at a rate of one per 5 minutes per account, is coming back on the 23rd of June, Reddit 18th birthday. The following Discord server has the information that has been collected so far if you wish to check for yourself, but here's a quick rundown of the evidence:

• On March 24th, a leak claiming to come from the Mod Council was posted to r/Antidigitalisten showed a mockup for an r/place feature allowed subreddits to highlight their position on the canvas. On the 27th, the same user posted the mockup on r/schwiiz (which they moderate) along with a claim that r/place would come back on the 23rd of June, Reddit's birthday. Both posts have since been deleted. This feature is now present in the (for now hidden) part of the Reddit mobile app that deals with r/place. Which leads to...

• The Reddit mobile app has been updated multiple times over the last few months adding code that can enable the r/place UI, complete with a navigation bar icon, which has been switched from the r/place icon itself to a pixelated birthday snoo to a birthday cake.

So, why is r/place relevant to the API changes protest, you may ask? Well, I am concerned that, whether it be a coincidence or deliberate on Reddit's part, the hype surrounding r/place's return when it is announced publicly will simply drown out the protest. And the event ends right before the date of the API rate limits going into effect on the 1st of July.

So here is what I'm suggesting: we take the protest to the canvas itself, and send a message that cannot be ignored. The design chosen could be as simple or elaborate as we wish, but a black box with the text "REDDIT API CHANGES: SAVE 3RD PARTY APPS" would be a good option to start with.

Most communities currently planning their return on r/place are using a Discord server to plan out their design and direct users during the actual event. Another useful tool used by these communities is an overlay script highlighting the colors their users need to place to put the design on the canvas. Maybe we can join the fray?

What are your thoughts on this?

A mirror thread is also on r/Save3rdPartyApps here.

A follow up to this thread can be found here.