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The frontpage chat was disabled again indefinitely on April 26, 2024 following a wave of proxy swarm attacks. | The frontpage chat was disabled again indefinitely on April 26, 2024 following a wave of proxy swarm attacks. | ||
Frontpage chat was restored in October 2025 as part of a [[Holiday events|Halloween Event]]. It ended up staying for good due to significant user demand. | |||
== Justification == | == Justification == | ||
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=== Anti Removal === | === Anti Removal === | ||
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| quote = When I first discovered OWOT, I instantly recognized its potential as an unbounded dumping ground for inspiration. The site in its current state, however, offered little to sustain a fruitful interest in it, save for the chat.'' | |||
''The chat was wonderful, consistently alive with activity and, occasionally, intelligent conversation. The chat kept me on the site, and, eventually, I learned of the existence of the Wiki, the link to which was sadly inconspicuously displayed on the Square of Publicity. I was excited at the prospect of a means by which to document our forays into the vast, uncharted depths of the vestiges of eager, unheard voices that is OWOT.'' | ''The chat was wonderful, consistently alive with activity and, occasionally, intelligent conversation. The chat kept me on the site, and, eventually, I learned of the existence of the Wiki, the link to which was sadly inconspicuously displayed on the Square of Publicity. I was excited at the prospect of a means by which to document our forays into the vast, uncharted depths of the vestiges of eager, unheard voices that is OWOT.'' | ||
''I am saddened to learn that the chat has been disabled on the front page. Despite the remnants of the chat remaining on other worlds, the chat is inaccessible from the front page, slashing the activity in the chat by half. @FP, I implore you to reconsider your decision to disable the chat, for the sake of the liveliness and wonder that was once OWOT. | ''I am saddened to learn that the chat has been disabled on the front page. Despite the remnants of the chat remaining on other worlds, the chat is inaccessible from the front page, slashing the activity in the chat by half. @FP, I implore you to reconsider your decision to disable the chat, for the sake of the liveliness and wonder that was once OWOT. | ||
| speaker = [[Dat_Hack3r]] | |||
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== Other == | == Other == | ||
On May 3rd 2024, Poopman linked a script on canvas that tries to imitate chat using an embed of canvas. But because of how it worked people could just type over messages and replace what they actually said. The idea was scrapped very quickly, and nobody used it the day after it was introduced. | On May 3rd 2024, Poopman linked a script on canvas that tries to imitate chat using an embed of canvas. But because of how it worked people could just type over messages and replace what they actually said. The idea was scrapped very quickly, and nobody used it the day after it was introduced. | ||
There were two versions of it, one that put messages below SOP and one that put messages at '''X: 83521, Y: 83521''' | |||
[[File:Poopman chat script.png|thumb|345x345px|Screenshot of aforementioned script in action.|center]] | |||
== Restoration == | |||
Frontpage chat returned on October 31st, 2025.[[File:Keep front page chat forever.png|center|thumb|466x466px|Message requesting for chat to be restored permanently(''October 31st, 2025'')]] | |||
[[Category:Community]] | [[Category:Community]] | ||
[[Category:Chat]] | [[Category:Chat]] | ||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||
[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||