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<\/figure>\n Who produced this amazing pixel art of Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s Ranni<\/span> sitting next to the protagonist of Hollow Knight<\/em>, and why? The answer is r\/Place, a Reddit battlefield<\/span> where anyone can place a dot and change the course of meme history. In an era where so much of the modern internet is trash, r\/Place has returned and it\u2019s still really cool.<\/p>\n Part April Fools joke, part sociological experiment, the internet pixel mural Place is back after a five-year hiatus and bigger than ever. It originally debuted in 2017<\/span> with one simple conceit: let random internet users collaborate on a piece of art but only let them place one pixel every five minutes. The results ranged from the expected to the bizarre. Some people helped make Van Gogh\u2019s Starry Night<\/em>. Others created a big black void, with similar anomalies taking on a narrative of their own as users reacted to what unfolded in real time. The idea was Josh Wardle\u2019s<\/span>, an employee of Reddit at the time who you might now know as the creator of Wordle<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n