• AlolanYoda
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    1 year ago

    When Place first happened it was such a phenomenon, I think nothing that tries to copy it will ever come close.

    Even Reddit’s follow-ups have been much less fun than the first one.

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      1 year ago

      “even”… i think reddit’s follow ups were least likely to succeed because they were the least organic!

      place was special (at first) because it was a bunch of people with no time to plan and prepare… it was humans doing human things with all the limitations and creativity that came with that

      other iterations of place were bots and pre-planned “stake our claim” rather than making something interesting and different… it was kinda all just the same as the last one but with subtle “meme of the moment” tweaks

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        1 year ago

        You expressed my own thoughts in a better way than I ever could. I agree completely.

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      1 year ago

      I wasn’t around for 2017 but 2022 was the most fun I’ve had with internet strangers in years, if not ever. Also no one was ready for the expanding canvas and everyone scrambling over it was beautiful.