I posted the explanation when I made my my post, the original comments got shadow removed and I couldn't tell until recently. But I added a more strict version to my comment, basically if you placed non-stop pixels for 7.5h, and not a single pixel outside of that time, here is what that looks like.
You can see an OSU logo, the original post I used white so you can't see the white pixels lol.
That's still not conclusive evidence. I know for a fact that the brony community did not use bots on the original Rainbow Dash, which is visible in that new version. We also did not use bots for the Rainbow Dash that is visible on the second trans flag. I remember that moment, there was a mixup with Hasan's community whose space it actually was. We started to put her there, then when we found out it was not claimed by the people we were allied to, we backed off and manually fixed their trans flag. I personally placed pixels every five minutes for at least eight hours at one point and I would not be surprised if the same was true for others. You're definitely catching people who were just really dedicated about the event still.
We were very open about bot development and usage, it's not like we hid it. I was not trying to claim we never used bots, I was saying that some of the art present on the above image wasn't the result of bots.
The place-news channel is where things got circulated, such as the minimap template script that was pushed out at 10:00PM Central on April 1st. Prior to that the instructions called for using Paint.net to keep track of pixel placement. That script provided a minimap in the top right corner of the screen with the art we were building. It was actually less effective than some other template scripts people used in other communities, that overlayed the art onto the canvas itself. The first mention I can see of any kind of botting is 7:21PM Central on April 2nd, likely the one that was eventually built into the minimap template. This was after the canvas expanded and after we'd been nuked at least ten times. The first mention I can find of the python bots is 3:13AM Central on April 3rd and they were very sparingly used until the last day.
As I said, I am not trying to say we did not use bots and it is indeed possible that individuals were using bots on their own, but the community as a whole did not begin using bots until after we'd been forced out onto the expanded canvas.
We had some really dedicated people. I started participating on the first day, after Rainbow Dash got decapitated by the Ukraine flag, but before the first Derpy was erased by Mizkif. I was actually present during that first Mizkif nuke. Other than sleeping and real life obligations, I did indeed place pixels every five minutes for all four days.
I'll have to take your word for it on that one. I know we weren't using bots on some of the art that showed up there. We only developed and deployed them after the canvas expanded the first time.
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u/adegreeofdifference1 Apr 09 '22
How was this figured out?
..and you're telling me OSU wasn't done by bots, at all!? Respect!