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'''''Our World of News''''' ('''''OWON''''') was an English-language fully digital free newspaper by [[Lemuria]], launched February 23rd, 2024. Original content created by Lemuria for the paper is licensed under CC BY 4.0. | '''''Our World of News''''' ('''''OWON''''') was an English-language fully digital free newspaper by [[Lemuria]], launched February 23rd, 2024. Original content created by Lemuria for the paper is licensed under CC BY 4.0. | ||
The official release schedule | The official release schedule was somewhat inconsistent and could fluctuate wildly at times. Generally, you could expect a new release every few days or weeks, potentially daily in the best case scenario, though this was rare. | ||
The paper was discontinued, without an official announcement | The paper was discontinued on Feburary 19, 2025, without an official announcement, due to burnout and declining readership. As a result, the would-be final issue of the newspaper, Issue 00079, was never fully finished. | ||
== Issues == | == Issues == | ||
OWON | OWON was distributed as a series of PDF files that were uploaded to the OWOT Discord server. For a brief period of time, copies of OWON were mirrored and distributed via Catbox, in order to provide access for those unable to access access Discord. It was retired shortly after, as on March 1st, 2024, Lemuria began uploading all future issues to the Internet Archive ([https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22our_world_of_news%22&sort=-date issue listing]), archiving older issues in the process. | ||
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| '''Issue #''' | | '''Issue #''' | ||
| | | 00078 | ||
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| '''Date''' | | '''Date''' | ||
| | | 2025-02-01 | ||
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| '''Pages''' | | '''Pages''' | ||
| | | 2 | ||
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| colspan=2 style="font-size:120%;text-align:center;" | '''''Links''''' | | colspan=2 style="font-size:120%;text-align:center;" | '''''Links''''' | ||
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| '''Discord''' | | '''Discord''' | ||
| [https://discord.com/channels/366609898164715520/1210775852862930964/ | | [https://discord.com/channels/366609898164715520/1210775852862930964/1335208281584566283 read] | ||
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| '''Archive.org''' | | '''Archive.org''' | ||
| [https://archive.org/details/our-world-of-news- | | [https://archive.org/details/our-world-of-news-2025-02-01 read] | ||
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Lemuria joined [[Our World of Text]] in November 2023, though was inactive from December 2023 – February 2024. During this time, Lemuria had an interest in making newspapers. In November he discovered the open-source software [[Wikipedia:Scribus|Scribus]] which he decided to use for the paper. | Lemuria joined [[Our World of Text]] in November 2023, though was inactive from December 2023 – February 2024. During this time, Lemuria had an interest in making newspapers. In November he discovered the open-source software [[Wikipedia:Scribus|Scribus]] which he decided to use for the paper. | ||
OWON | OWON was not the first news organization to operate on Our World of Text; [[AndreiXYZ]] previously ran [[OWOT Today]], a competitor existing prior to Lemuria's joining of the site, though by 2023 had stopped creating content for the paper. On February 23, 2024, ''Our World of News'' began publication as a daily newspaper. Its traditional newspaper-like layout, combined with its frequency and the professional appearance it had, quickly led to it surpassing the now-inactive OWOT Today. | ||
The paper extensively covered [[Starianna]]'s attacks on spawn in the months since January, the [[removal of chat]] in March 2024, [[Yagton]]'s rise to power as an administrator in May 2024, her transition to female just as July was starting, and Lemuria's newfound obsession with the American Twitch streamer [https://galliakastnerviolin.com Gallia Kastner] in June 2024. | The paper extensively covered [[Starianna]]'s attacks on spawn in the months since January, the [[removal of chat]] in March 2024, [[Yagton]]'s rise to power as an administrator in May 2024, her transition to female just as July was starting, and Lemuria's newfound obsession with the American Twitch streamer [https://galliakastnerviolin.com Gallia Kastner] in June 2024. | ||
== Reception == | == Reception == | ||
Reception to OWON | Reception to OWON had generally been positive. | ||
Most criticism of the paper often | Most criticism of the paper often revolved around Lemuria's decisions to include news pertaining to his personal life within the paper; often in larger quantities than OWOT-related news (the latter being the original intent of the paper), alongside minor factual errors, which Lemuria would usually correct in the next issue. Additionally, Lemuria's other actions, unrelated to the paper, often caused it to suffer from [[Wikipedia:guilt by association|guilt by association]] | ||
=== June 8: Gallia Kastner === | === June 8: Gallia Kastner === | ||
On June 8, 2024, Lemuria released an issue of ''Our World of News'' which Andrei criticized for including two articles about Kastner on the front page, alongside extensive mentions of Twitch and Lemuria's other "biases" in many of the articles. | On June 8, 2024, Lemuria released an issue of ''Our World of News'' which Andrei criticized for including two articles about Kastner on the front page, alongside extensive mentions of Twitch and Lemuria's other "biases" in many of the articles. | ||
"holy fuck this shit fell off so hard", remarked Andrei regarding OWON's state. Polonz also criticized Lemuria's article about his SSD upgrade as "literally just a shill". Despite this, four people, [[lime.person]], [[aka]], [[KKosty4ka]], and [[Mr. 1052|∮* Mr. 1052]] still replied with the "awesome" emoji to the post. | "''holy fuck this shit fell off so hard''", remarked Andrei regarding OWON's state. Polonz also criticized Lemuria's article about his SSD upgrade as "literally just a shill". Despite this, four people, [[lime.person]], [[aka]], [[KKosty4ka]], and [[Mr. 1052|∮* Mr. 1052]] still replied with the "awesome" emoji to the post. | ||
Lemuria took this criticism accordingly and released an issue on June 15 that did not mention Kastner to the degree he did on June 8. Caioz remarked that Lemuria "actually improved". | Lemuria took this criticism accordingly and released an issue on June 15 that did not mention Kastner to the degree he did on June 8. Caioz remarked that Lemuria "actually improved". | ||
Latest revision as of 11:59, 24 February 2025
 Front page on February 24, 2024 | |
| Format | Fully digital Berliner-size page PDFs |
|---|---|
| Founder | Lemuria |
| Chief Editor | Lemuria |
| Founded | February 23, 2024 |
| Language | English |
Our World of News (OWON) was an English-language fully digital free newspaper by Lemuria, launched February 23rd, 2024. Original content created by Lemuria for the paper is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
The official release schedule was somewhat inconsistent and could fluctuate wildly at times. Generally, you could expect a new release every few days or weeks, potentially daily in the best case scenario, though this was rare.
The paper was discontinued on Feburary 19, 2025, without an official announcement, due to burnout and declining readership. As a result, the would-be final issue of the newspaper, Issue 00079, was never fully finished.
Issues
OWON was distributed as a series of PDF files that were uploaded to the OWOT Discord server. For a brief period of time, copies of OWON were mirrored and distributed via Catbox, in order to provide access for those unable to access access Discord. It was retired shortly after, as on March 1st, 2024, Lemuria began uploading all future issues to the Internet Archive (issue listing), archiving older issues in the process.
| Most recent OWON issue | |
| Issue # | 00078 |
| Date | 2025-02-01 |
| Pages | 2 |
| Links | |
| Discord | read |
| Archive.org | read |
History
Lemuria joined Our World of Text in November 2023, though was inactive from December 2023 – February 2024. During this time, Lemuria had an interest in making newspapers. In November he discovered the open-source software Scribus which he decided to use for the paper.
OWON was not the first news organization to operate on Our World of Text; AndreiXYZ previously ran OWOT Today, a competitor existing prior to Lemuria's joining of the site, though by 2023 had stopped creating content for the paper. On February 23, 2024, Our World of News began publication as a daily newspaper. Its traditional newspaper-like layout, combined with its frequency and the professional appearance it had, quickly led to it surpassing the now-inactive OWOT Today.
The paper extensively covered Starianna's attacks on spawn in the months since January, the removal of chat in March 2024, Yagton's rise to power as an administrator in May 2024, her transition to female just as July was starting, and Lemuria's newfound obsession with the American Twitch streamer Gallia Kastner in June 2024.
Reception
Reception to OWON had generally been positive.
Most criticism of the paper often revolved around Lemuria's decisions to include news pertaining to his personal life within the paper; often in larger quantities than OWOT-related news (the latter being the original intent of the paper), alongside minor factual errors, which Lemuria would usually correct in the next issue. Additionally, Lemuria's other actions, unrelated to the paper, often caused it to suffer from guilt by association
June 8: Gallia Kastner
On June 8, 2024, Lemuria released an issue of Our World of News which Andrei criticized for including two articles about Kastner on the front page, alongside extensive mentions of Twitch and Lemuria's other "biases" in many of the articles.
"holy fuck this shit fell off so hard", remarked Andrei regarding OWON's state. Polonz also criticized Lemuria's article about his SSD upgrade as "literally just a shill". Despite this, four people, lime.person, aka, KKosty4ka, and ∮* Mr. 1052 still replied with the "awesome" emoji to the post.
Lemuria took this criticism accordingly and released an issue on June 15 that did not mention Kastner to the degree he did on June 8. Caioz remarked that Lemuria "actually improved".
August 25: Andrei-led boycott
On August 25, 2024, Lemuria began sending messages again regarding his extraction methods and other behaviors on Twitch. This resulted in more criticism from the community again; and eventually Andrei called for a boycott, bringing the number of people in the OWON thread down to 15, from about 20.
Rscr furry porn
On September 21, 2024, Andrei criticized Lemuria for writing an article about how Rscr had discovered furry porn on YWOT, claiming the article "supported a form of zoophillia."