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dingus ,
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Cool, but I would argue that we should be creating our own traditions, not copying… *checks notes …a sad ploy to increase MAU numbers.

I mean, back in the day, the games we used to play on forums were stuff like “Google Images Word Association” where someone would produce a random image, then someone else uses words that image made them think of, then search images based on that, then add another image to the thread, based on their word-search. Resulted in a lot of dumb funny shit.

Anyway… Great idea, but it pains me that it’s just copying some bullshit from reddit that wasn’t about community but rather a weak attempt to gin up engagement metrics.

beta_tester ,

It sounds more like someone thinks reddit’s r/place is cool but doesn’t want to support reddit and wants to have it for lemmy. And most importantly, the person brings it to lemmy.

Although it’s just a copy, it’s something fun where you can create something cool. And I celebrate OP for creating this. Count me in.

dingus ,
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Not trying to be down on anyone’s good time, I hope folks have fun with it. It’s just my personal opinion on the matter, that it’s better to create our own culture than grandfather in “culture” that wasn’t actually culture but corporate nonsense masquerading as “culture.”

Put it up there with all the people that complain that using Lemmy is “too hard” because it’s not enough like Reddit. It’s a bunch of “well corporations did this, why can’t you?” type feeling. I just don’t like that feeling, I’d rather have a community actually grow organically without corporate influence.

To quote Boo Boo Bear:

corporations rob us of our dignity and independence

When we rely on them for everything, even our definitions of what “culture” is, we have lost.

beta_tester ,

I get your point.

I’m happy enough that lemmy is currently at a point where there’s enough content for every days business. Let’s see where it goes. Everyone can create such little fun games. Now you don’t have to wait for reddit anymore.

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