I believe that the biggest problem right now is bots and multi-accounts. When one person can control dozens of accounts or use scripts (bot/automation software) to place pixels nonstop, the game stops being fair and turns into something normal players can’t compete with. The people who follow the rules are the ones who keep the community alive, but they’re also the ones getting pushed out.
Wplace administration recently added CAPTCHA and phone verification, which is a good step. But in practice, it hasn’t stopped what’s happening, especially in the Chinese region where large groups are still openly using scripts and alt accounts to mass overwrite other people’s artwork. This kind of behavior is still widespread and largely unchecked.
You can already see the results across the canvas. Coordinated waves of new accounts, patterns that don’t look human, and entire areas being taken over before regular players even have a chance to react. Many normal players try to repair artwork that has been overwritten by bots or multi-account groups, but end up being mass-reported by those same abusers using multiple accounts. As a result, legitimate players attempting to fix their own work are increasingly at risk of being flagged or punished for griefing instead. If this continues, legitimate players will be driven away because they can’t compete with bots and multi-account groups, and they lose confidence in the game’s moderation and enforcement.
Something needs to be done about botting and multi-account abuse before it’s too late.