How We Built r/Place (2017)

Re:How We Built r/Place (2017) by kps on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @10:38AM (#30919596)

> It's all pointless and divisive.

It's not pointless. Divisiveness drives engagement; engagement drives ad money.

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Re:How We Built r/Place (2017) by cuteboy19 on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @11:51AM (#30920535)

I wonder if they count all the bots as active users

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Re:How We Built r/Place (2017) by Tijdreiziger on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @02:10PM (#30922680)

A theory that's been floating around is that they might intentionally not have implemented anti-bot measures, in order to pump up user numbers for their IPO.

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