Timeline of OWOT: Difference between revisions

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== 2010 ==

* June 8 – [[~~Your World of Text~~]] launches OWOT.

* June 8 – [[Andrew Badr]] launches OWOT as an alternative to [[YWOT]] which permits unrestricted scripting.

== 2015 ==

* August 20 - The original OWOT shuts down due to likely funding issues.

== 2017 ==

* October 8 – ~~A new version of~~ OWOT is launched.

* October 8 – OWOT in its current form is launched by [[InfraRaven]] and [[FP]].

* October 28 – The first changelog is released.

* October 30 – Changelog 2 is released.

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== 2020 ==

* March-May: There was a high amount of image spam in this time period.

* May 11 – Changelog 8 is released.

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== 2022 ==

* May – Changelog 10 is released.

== 2023 ==

* February 25 – OWOT becomes open source.

* March-May: The AntiSwear campaign was one of the major dramas. (?)

* May 27 – Changelog 11 is released.

* November 5 – [[Lemuria]] joins OWOT.

== 2024 ==

~~[[File:Christa McAuliffe Spam 2024-02-19.png|300px|thumb|Yikes, that spammer!]]~~

* January 20 – Starianna begins her attack on OWOT.

* January 29 – Sabrina is revealed to be [[Starianna]], and is banned.

* February 15 – [[FP]] announces the [[removal of chat]] on the front page, scheduled for March 10, 2024.

* February 19 – ~~Unknown troll impersonates {{wp~~|~~Christa McAuliffe}}~~. ~~They~~ spam ~~McAuliffe's name all over spawn, presumably with scripts, resulting in FP ratelimiting them~~.

* February 23 – [[Lemuria]] starts publishing [[Our World of News]], an OWOT newspaper and competitor to [[OWOT Today]].

* ~~February 21~~ – ~~Starianna attacks spawn again~~.

* March 10 – Chat is removed and the [[March removal of chat|week without chat]] begins.

* March 17 – Chat returns.

* April 29 – Chat is removed again as FP gives up on stopping spam attacks.

* May 15 – [[Yagton]] becomes an admin on the Discord server.