User Generations

A generation or gen, is a user-made term used to categorize users based on when they first joined the site.

Please note that there are no exact boundaries for generations, rather it's decided on by the mind itself.

Usually, these are used to discriminate against people who joined in newgen, called "newfags", adding to the exclusive and degenerate nature of OWOT. Adding to that, the people doing this are usually "newfags" themselves, therefore making them hypocrites.

Super-Oldgen(2010 - 2017)

Users who were involved in the community even before the launch of the current OWOT on October 8th, 2017.

They could have been part of Andrew Badr's original OWOT – which ran from 2010 to 2015 – or participated in the multiple revivals that were attempted after its shutdown. Almost all of them were veteran users of Your World of Text.

Such users include:

• The two admins: FP and InfraRaven
• Andrew Badr
• Other members closely related to the OWOT development effort
  • Mr. Guy
  • poopman(Created his own beta)
  • Dzeni
  • Sammich(Created his own beta)
  • Anon_guy(Hosted the current OWOT – then "NWOT" – during early stages of its development)
  • JerryStarField(Led the development for the largest attempted OWOT revival)
• The Man Hating Zone(Seemingly present on the old OWOT)
• Kkb
• Ace Lebron

Oldgen(2017 - 2019)

Users who joined shortly after the current OWOT's creation, after October 8th, 2017 but before 2020.

These were the early days of the site when the userbase was still small.

2017

• Scar17off

2018

• d9eoead
• Happyworld392
• Fernsy(April 2018)

2019

• Vixie(December 16th, 2019)
• Katiserie(December 25th, 2019)
• tap20(December 30th, 2019)

Midgen(2020 - 2022)

Users who joined from 2020 to 2022.

It was around this period that the site started to gain traffic, spawning much of the drama/troll-filled landscape that we know today. This was likely the most active time in the site's history.

Examples include:

• realredtext-
• PinkiePie
• BlindwrinklesTheW
• Neon1246(2021-2022)

2020

• Caioz(March 1st, 2020)
• J.R.T.(Discovered the site on June 2020, but would not become active until August 2024)
• AndreiXYZ(July 31st, 2020)

2021

• CarpNamedCarl
• TheJealousUserOWOT
• Bzuki(February 6th, 2021)
• e_g.(Early 2021)
• GraviTraxFan(Mid 2021)
• Memesscience(June 2021)
• Fernozzle(December 26, 2021)
• Rscr(A YWOT user who would periodically join the OWOT Discord to check in, but did not become truly active on OWOT until August 2024)
• Dat Hack3r(But did not become active until 2023)

2022

• Meimei
• Many people from TextWall, including:
  • lime.owot(August 24th, 2022)
  • Europe2048
  • Dimka
  • nonaem
• KKosty4ka(June 1st, 2022)
• JamelBurger(July 25th, 2022)
• Falling1(October 2022)

Newgen(2023 - 2025)

Users who joined from 2023 to 2025.

One of the most notable change during this period the appointment of Fern to Discord moderator in mid 2024. From then on the OWOT Discord would become a drastically different community. Notable Discord users include Catha'vi, Lemuria, Akatas and Fox, all of whom joined from 2023 to 2024, and all of whom are known primarily for being active on the Discord.

Examples include:

• Guest-1052
• NotÞatGuy
• JunoTehPlanet
• Name

2023

• Skullcrush
• Wbc
• Akatas(January 26th, 2023)
• Fox(Created account on August 25th, 2023)
• Gunful(March or April, 2023)
• Estay(April 15th, 2023)
• Kystova(August 26th, 2023)
• Kalkyulaytor(September 2023)
• Lemuria(November 2023)

2024

• Catha'vi(Early 2024)
• DrInfamous(February 2024)
• GradientMan(March 4th, 2024)
• JRT(August 8th, 2024)
• Mr. Black(August 2024)
• Rscr(August 2024, but had been checking in on and off since 2021)
• CCL(November 19th, 2024)

2025

• NextOS
• YEET Te2(May 2nd, 2025)
• JanTechPL(June 11th, 2025)

Newer gen(2026 - 2028)

Users who joined from 2026 to 2028.

As of October 2025 none of them have appeared yet, but it's fascinating to think that future OWOTers are already crawling about the internet, getting closer to the site day by day. They will one day be seen as veterans, and the times before their arrival will dissipate into the haze of nostalgia.

Who knows what strange personalities the next three years will bring.

2026

• tbd

2027

• tbd

2028

• tbd

Trivia

• According to the 2024 OWOT Unofficial Survey, which collected responses from 58 users, the median join date for OWOT users was October 16th, 2022.