![]() In 2017, the waiting time varied from 5 to 20 minutes throughout the experiment, and the user could choose their pixel's color from a palette of sixteen colors. The experiment, during the 2017 edition, was based in a subreddit called r/place, in which individual registered users could place a single colored pixel (or "tile") on an online canvas of one million (1000 x 1000) pixel squares, and wait a certain amount of time before placing another. ![]() The experiment was commended for its representation of the culture of Reddit's online communities, and of Internet culture as a whole. Over a million users edited the canvas, placing a total of approximately 16 million pixels, and, at the time the experiment was ended, over 90,000 users were actively viewing or editing the canvas. It was ended by Reddit administrators about 72 hours after its creation, on 3 April 2017. The idea of the experiment was conceived by Josh Wardle. After each pixel was placed, a timer prevented the user from placing any more pixels for a period of time varying from 5 minutes (depending on whether the user had verified their email address). Registered users could edit the canvas by changing the color of a single pixel with a replacement from a 16-color palette. The 2017 experiment involved an online canvas located at a subreddit called r/place. ![]() Originally launched on April Fools' Day 2017, it has since been repeated again on April Fools' Day 2022 and on July 20, 2023. R/place is a recurring collaborative project and social experiment hosted on the content aggregator site Reddit. Third launch: July 20, 2023 2 months ago ( ) Second launch: April 1, 2022 17 months ago ( ) Original launch: April 1, 2017 6 years ago ( ) The canvas in 2023 on the last day of the event
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