Draft:TextWall
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 TextWall in 2024 | |
| Dissolved | June 9, 2024 |
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| Created by | Duck |
| URL | https://textwall.cc |
| Launched | February 2020 |
Introduction
TextWall was a text canvas website launched in February 2020 by Duck. It had some advantages to OWOT, such as a modern and intuitive graphical user interface, different fonts, smooth scrolling and everyone's cursors visible without a nametag script, but also some disadvantages such as the limited number of colors, and the text canvas being so much smaller than OWOT's. TextWall is no longer under development as of June 2024.
Users who used the website used to be called "textwallers" by OWOT users.
Controversy
Many OWoTers (especially anons) dislike Textwall, even going to the extent of making death threats to Textwall users and spamming the website using scripts. Each anti-Textwaller has their own reason for disliking Textwall. Many dislike the site because of its younger user base which comes onto OWoT and “ruins it”.
Feature set
- Instant loading speed
- Serverless architecture
- Ownerless operating model
- Cheap operating cost
- Zero moderation needed
Closure incidents
November 2021
On November 1st, 2021, TextWall briefly shut down for a few hours. It was reported that the lead developer lost interest in the website in the spur of the moment after some spamming raids. Shortly after the server went down, the DNS records for textwall.cc and its derivatives were deleted and TextWall was removed from the DuckGroup website. After the website was reinstated, the main page was mostly erased, and only registered users could write on any page. Registration was closed for a while.
June 2023
On June 24th, 2023, TextWall briefly shut down again until the next morning. This is assumed to have occurred in the spur of the moment right after a battle with two scripters (falling1 and KKosty4ka). Shortly after the server went down, the DNS records for textwall.cc were deleted. After the website was reinstated, only whitelisted users could access the site. The next day, access was granted to everybody, and a CAPTCHA to access the website was added.
June 2024
On June 9th, 2024, TextWall shut down following instances of soyjak.party members flocking to it. Several worlds were created with most being filled with braille pastes and the usual Soyjak markings.