Criticism against OWOT: Difference between revisions
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''This will probably never go anywhere though, and I will only be dismissed as a crazy faggot, just like how people who know the lies and tricks of those up in the hierarchy are dismissed as conspiracy theorists (because that's what they want society to believe). Fuck all of you.'' | ''This will probably never go anywhere though, and I will only be dismissed as a crazy faggot, just like how people who know the lies and tricks of those up in the hierarchy are dismissed as conspiracy theorists (because that's what they want society to believe). Fuck all of you.'' | ||
— '''A response left on a [[OWOT alignment charts#ChromicQuanta's OWOT Alignment Survey|community survey]] by [[ChromicQuanta]] in June of 2025'''</blockquote>Anons(''usually those who have been on the site for a significantly long time'') can frequently be seen voicing their opinions about the downfall of OWOT in [[Chat|Global Chat]]. | — '''A response left on a [[OWOT alignment charts#ChromicQuanta's OWOT Alignment Survey|community survey]] by [[ChromicQuanta]] in June of 2025'''</blockquote>Anons(''usually those who have been on the site for a significantly long time'') can frequently be seen voicing their opinions about the downfall of OWOT in [[Chat|Global Chat]]. | ||
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=== Anti-TextWaller sentiment === | === Anti-TextWaller sentiment === | ||
{{main|TextWaller migration}}Ever since 2021 there has been a sentiment that the presence of (predominantly underage) users from [[TextWall]] is corrupting the OWOT userbase. | {{main|TextWaller migration}}Ever since 2021 there has been a sentiment that the presence of (predominantly underage) users from [[TextWall]] is corrupting the OWOT userbase. | ||
[[File:Know_a_textwaller.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Know_a_textwaller.png|center|thumb|329x329px|Graphic created by [[Lemuria]] on February 21st, 2024]] | ||
<blockquote>''OWOT has gone downhill. Slowly, one by one, it was filling with peasants from Textwall and Trollbox. With clones of Bzuki that burst in tears when you insult them. With mentally deranged "clicking yes"-obsessed users. It just doesn't feel the same as how I know OWOT. And for that reason, I will be (somewhat) quitting OWOT. I will quit being on the frontpage. I cannot stand any more of these fuckers. These ruiners. They ruined OWOT. I will still be making worlds and shit, but I'm DONE with the main page.'' | <blockquote>''OWOT has gone downhill. Slowly, one by one, it was filling with peasants from Textwall and Trollbox. With clones of Bzuki that burst in tears when you insult them. With mentally deranged "clicking yes"-obsessed users. It just doesn't feel the same as how I know OWOT. And for that reason, I will be (somewhat) quitting OWOT. I will quit being on the frontpage. I cannot stand any more of these fuckers. These ruiners. They ruined OWOT. I will still be making worlds and shit, but I'm DONE with the main page.'' | ||
''I will only go on the main page and chat if there is a really important event. But until OWOT goes back to normal, don't expect me to come back to chatting there. Meanwhile on here, I'll mostly just lurk. I'll just drop a few messages occasionally.'' | ''I will only go on the main page and chat if there is a really important event. But until OWOT goes back to normal, don't expect me to come back to chatting there. Meanwhile on here, I'll mostly just lurk. I'll just drop a few messages occasionally.'' | ||
''To the Textwall/Trollbox users: Have fun ruining the OWOT experience even more than this. Just note that you have made a few users quit.'' | ''To the Textwall/Trollbox users: Have fun ruining the OWOT experience even more than this. Just note that you have made a few users quit.'' | ||
— '''[[AndreiXYZ]] in December 2021'''</blockquote><blockquote>''yeah. the textwall immigration wave destroyed the owot userbase and the stain is still there. there's still a bunch of little kids or dumbfucks every once in a while but back then they were fucking everywhere. even if you uttered the word "fuck" once you'd get a handful of kids spiraling telling you that SWEARING BAD!!! U MUST NOT SWEAR!'' | — '''[[AndreiXYZ]] in December 2021'''</blockquote><blockquote>''yeah. the textwall immigration wave destroyed the owot userbase and the stain is still there. there's still a bunch of little kids or dumbfucks every once in a while but back then they were fucking everywhere. even if you uttered the word "fuck" once you'd get a handful of kids spiraling telling you that SWEARING BAD!!! U MUST NOT SWEAR!'' | ||
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''trollboxers are coming too, there's a few good trollboxers but the rest are the same as the textwall kids from back then'' | ''trollboxers are coming too, there's a few good trollboxers but the rest are the same as the textwall kids from back then'' | ||
— '''[[d9eoead]] in 2025'''</blockquote> | — '''[[d9eoead]] in 2025'''</blockquote> | ||
=== /lime.owot/i_hate_owot === | === /lime.owot/i_hate_owot === | ||
[[File:Spectators of a dying canvas.png|thumb| | [[File:Spectators of a dying canvas.png|thumb|304x304px|"''Spectators of a Dying Canvas,''" an artwork made in March of 2025]] | ||
[[File:JRT spectators of a dying canvas.png|thumb| | [[File:JRT spectators of a dying canvas.png|thumb|306x306px|[[JRT]]'s version]] | ||
On August 23rd, 2025, [[lime.owot]] released [https://ourworldoftext.com/lime.owot/i_hate_owot /lime.owot/i_hate_owot] in order to protest the rampancy of spam and griefing on the OWOT [[/|frontpage]]. | On August 23rd, 2025, [[lime.owot]] released [https://ourworldoftext.com/lime.owot/i_hate_owot /lime.owot/i_hate_owot] in order to protest the rampancy of spam and griefing on the OWOT [[/|frontpage]]. | ||
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''As new threats emerge, me and our security team work to develop new countermeasures to make sure OWOT resists any roadbump that we encounter. These events are nothing but a temporary storm.'' | ''As new threats emerge, me and our security team work to develop new countermeasures to make sure OWOT resists any roadbump that we encounter. These events are nothing but a temporary storm.'' | ||
— '''FP's response on August 23rd, 2025'''</blockquote> | — '''FP's response on August 23rd, 2025'''</blockquote> | ||