mastermind@lemm.ee to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 year agoReddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible timewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down111cross-posted to: snoocalypsereddit@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldfrance@lemmy.worldRedditMigration@kbin.socialnews_tech@lemmy.link
arrow-up1652arrow-down1external-linkReddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible timewww.theverge.commastermind@lemm.ee to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square115fedilinkcross-posted to: snoocalypsereddit@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldfrance@lemmy.worldRedditMigration@kbin.socialnews_tech@lemmy.link
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoWow, the guy that created wordle came up with the idea for r/place? TIL.
minus-squareSelmafudd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoThe concept has been around way longer, in the 90s there were a few websites where you could buy pixel space on their page.
minus-squaredeadsenatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoMost famous as I recall was: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
minus-squareSelmafudd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThank you, I couldn’t for the life of me remember the names of any of them but yeah this was definitely one of them
minus-squareTwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy art teacher showed it to us in class, over a decade ago and it burned in my mind.
Wow, the guy that created wordle came up with the idea for r/place? TIL.
The concept has been around way longer, in the 90s there were a few websites where you could buy pixel space on their page.
Most famous as I recall was: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
Thank you, I couldn’t for the life of me remember the names of any of them but yeah this was definitely one of them
My art teacher showed it to us in class, over a decade ago and it burned in my mind.