Non-English speaking communities on OWOT: Difference between revisions
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== Portuguese == | == Portuguese == | ||
'''''<small>*See [https://web.archive.org/web/20250619102306/https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Brazilpocalypse Brazilpocalypse] on the YWOT wiki</small>''''' | |||
Portuguese-speaking/Brazilian users have always been present on OWOT, albeit in small numbers. | |||
They became more widespread in August 2020, when popular Brazilian Youtuber Goularte [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDu-h-Oy7Rg mentioned YWOT in a video]. The ensuing influx of Brazilian users primarily affected YWOT, where it triggered enough drama, lag, and racist backlash for [[Andrew Badr]] to lock down the YWOT Mainpage until 2021. Some of the migration spilled over to OWOT, however, and it was OWOT user [[Happyworld392]] who coined the term "Brazilpocalypse," which would be used to describe the event in both communities. | |||
Portuguese speaking users remained on YWOT (and presumably OWOT) in small numbers following the Brazilpocalypse. But five years later they seem to have disappeared completely. | Portuguese speaking users remained on YWOT (and presumably OWOT) in small numbers following the Brazilpocalypse. But five years later they seem to have disappeared completely. | ||
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{{main|Aywen Migration/Textboard.fr}} | {{main|Aywen Migration/Textboard.fr}} | ||
An influx of French users came to YWOT/OWOT in December 2024, when French tech Youtuber Aywen released a video documenting the development of his YWOT clone Textboard.fr. | An influx of French users came to YWOT/OWOT in December 2024, when French tech Youtuber Aywen released [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izfTmV-ufl0 a video] documenting the development of his YWOT clone [https://textboard.fr Textboard.fr]. | ||
Most of them have since left, but as of early 2026 you'd still see one or two French messages every now and then. | Most of them have since left, but as of early 2026 you'd still see one or two French messages every now and then. | ||
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One Textboard migrant, [[Jujublob]], has since became a semi-active member of the "main" OWOT community. They are friends with [[JanTechPL]], a Polish user. | One Textboard migrant, [[Jujublob]], has since became a semi-active member of the "main" OWOT community. They are friends with [[JanTechPL]], a Polish user. | ||
== Chinese == | == Chinese == | ||
As far as we know, no (exclusively) Chinese speaking users are regularly active on OWOT, | <blockquote>'''''<u>hɛccor:</u>''' damn, OWOT is available in mainland China?'' | ||
'''<u>''StrShell:''</u>''' ''yeap'' | |||
'''<u>''StrShell:''</u>''' ''becs proxy with cloudflare'' | |||
'''<u>''StrShell:''</u>''' ''Because Cloudflare CDN is being used'' | |||
[...] | |||
'''''<u>StrShell:</u>''' OWOT is sometimes inaccessible within China and requires a VPN. I hope Cloudflare will deploy more nodes soon''</blockquote>As far as we know, no (exclusively) Chinese speaking users are regularly active on OWOT, though they'd have an inconvenient time if they do exist. For one, [[wikipedia:CJK_characters|CJK]] characters break the canvas' formatting. And there's also the fact that the captcha required to create an account doesn't work in China, so a VPN is required to register. | |||
See below for OWOT discussions on a Chinese internet forum in January 2025. | See below for OWOT discussions on a [https://www.nodeloc.com Chinese internet forum] in January 2025. The following threads were started by a user named [https://ourworldoftext.com/strshell StrShell] on OWOT. | ||
<u>'''Larger threads:'''</u> | <u>'''Larger threads:'''</u> | ||