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Wplace is a site that lets you paint one pixel anywhere in the world every 30 seconds.
Even though it's fairly new, it's exploded in popularity.
You'll find artwork all over the world, warring groups, alliances, and more.
If you miss Reddit's annual r/place experiment -- part collaborative project, part social experiment -- there's good news: It's back. At least a form of it is back on a website called Wplace. Like r/place, Wplace lets you color in pixels on a large canvas to create an image. Only this time around, you're coloring in a world map.
The site debuted just last month, but it's exploding in popularity, and there's now graffiti all over the world. A lot of the artwork centers around internet culture, but there's a surprising amount of genuine artwork. Naturally, different fandoms have given rise to turf wars, alliances have formed to protect certain areas, and images appear in the most random of places.
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If you're interested in joining the fun or just seeing what people are up to, here's what to do.
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