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Anti-TextWall sentiments have resulted in raids against the website, with OWOTers such as [[Falling1]] orchestrating repeated attacks on the canvas. And in September of 2021, TextWall's sister site art.duckgroup.xyz was taken down after [[PinkiePie|SANS/PinkiePie]] repeatedly pasted porn onto it. There were even instances where death threats were sent to Textwallers. | Anti-TextWall sentiments have resulted in raids against the website, with OWOTers such as [[Falling1]] orchestrating repeated attacks on the canvas. And in September of 2021, TextWall's sister site art.duckgroup.xyz was taken down after [[PinkiePie|SANS/PinkiePie]] repeatedly pasted porn onto it. There were even instances where death threats were sent to Textwallers. | ||
FP was also involved in the beef between OWOT and TextWall, albeit in a mostly passive way. | FP was also involved in the beef between OWOT and TextWall, albeit in a mostly passive way. Tw.2s4.me was created less as a shelter for TextWall migrants and more as a way to prevent them from migrating to OWOT, where they would spam and create drama. On certain occasions he would jokingly refer to textwall.cc as a rival website that was competing for users with OWOT. | ||
It should be noted that FP did also run a rollback service for TextWall around 2023. And some TextWall migrants, such as [[lime.owot]], have since been accepted into the OWOT community. | It should be noted that FP did also run a rollback service for TextWall around 2023. And some TextWall migrants, such as [[lime.owot]], have since been accepted into the OWOT community. | ||
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=== Limited color palette === | === Limited color palette === | ||
TextWall only has 31 colors, all of which are rather light. This limits the range of creations, but also makes the canvas more visually appealing(''whereas OWOT can often look like an eyesore when it is spammed with a wide range of bright, contrasting colors''). | TextWall only has 31 colors, all of which are rather light. This limits the range of creations, but also makes the canvas more visually appealing(''whereas OWOT can often look like an eyesore when it is spammed with a wide range of bright, contrasting colors'').<gallery widths="220" heights="150"> | ||
File:Owot art in textwall color.png|OWOT art in TextWall's color palette | |||
File:Owot art in original color.png|Original art for comparison | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Fonts === | === Fonts === | ||
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* '''X 30,000,000 / Y 30,000,000''': Cursors disappear, but text enlarges. | * '''X 30,000,000 / Y 30,000,000''': Cursors disappear, but text enlarges. | ||
* '''X 60,000,000 / Y 60,000,000''': Gray outlines on the canvas become thicker. | * '''X 60,000,000 / Y 60,000,000''': Gray outlines on the canvas become thicker. | ||
* '''X 95,000,000 / Y 95,000,000''': Text lengthens by about 1.5 blocks. | * '''[https://tw.2s4.me/?x=9500000&y=9500000 X 95,000,000 / Y 95,000,000]''': Text lengthens by about 1.5 blocks. | ||
* '''X 97,500,000 / Y 97,500,000''': Gray outlines become thinner and stretch. | * [https://tw.2s4.me/?x=9750000&y=9750000 '''X 97,500,000 / Y 97,500,000''':] Gray outlines become thinner and stretch. | ||
* '''X 98,000,000 / Y 98,000,000''': Writing limit is reached. Although the wall is infinite, severe glitches begin to corrupt the main wall. | * '''[https://tw.2s4.me/?x=9800000&y=9800000 X 98,000,000 / Y 98,000,000]''': Writing limit is reached. Although the wall is infinite, severe glitches begin to corrupt the main wall. | ||
* '''X 337,500,000 / Y 337,500,000''': Gray outlines become solid-filled. | * '''[https://tw.2s4.me/?x=337500000&y=337500000 X 337,500,000 / Y 337,500,000]''': Gray outlines become solid-filled. | ||
* '''X | * '''[https://tw.2s4.me/?x=1000000000000&y=1000000000000 X 1,000,000,000,000 / Y 1,000,000,000,000]''': Marks the outermost border of the canvas. | ||
=== Worlds === | === Worlds === | ||
Users can access walls(''the equivalent of public [[worlds]] on OWOT'') by adding characters after the TextWall URL. Each public wall corresponds to a separate location on the Main Wall. For example, entering [https://tw.2s4.me/help tw.2s4.me/help] teleports you to X:-89120 Y:-59510. | Users can access walls(''the equivalent of public [[worlds]] on OWOT'') by adding characters after the TextWall URL. Each public wall corresponds to a separate location on the Main Wall. For example, entering [https://tw.2s4.me/help tw.2s4.me/help] teleports you to X:-89120 Y:-59510. | ||
Users can also create "personal walls"(''the equivalent of userpages'') that are located on separate canvases. An example of a personal wall is [https://tw.2s4.me/~ | Users can also create "personal walls"(''the equivalent of userpages'') that are located on separate canvases. An example of a personal wall is [https://tw.2s4.me/~dominoguy_ tw.2s4.me/~dominoguy_]. Subpages exist like [https://tw.2s4.me/~Bzuki/history /~Bzuki/history]. | ||
In the original TextWall, personal walls were significantly smaller than the Main Wall and had world borders at 1,000 coordinates in any direction. | In the original TextWall, personal walls were significantly smaller than the Main Wall and had world borders at 1,000 coordinates in any direction. | ||
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== Feature set (aka. TODO list) == | == Feature set (aka. TODO list) == | ||
* Limited colors | * Limited colors | ||
** 15 colors from 2020 to April 2022 (the r/place 2017 palette minus white) | ** 15 colors from 2020 to April 2022 (the r/place 2017 palette minus white) | ||
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** Improved on/near August 7, 2023, can now zoom in precisely | ** Improved on/near August 7, 2023, can now zoom in precisely | ||
* Captcha is required to access the website (began in June 2023) | * Captcha is required to access the website (began in June 2023) | ||
== | == Lockdowns and closures == | ||
[[File:Textwall dead 2.jpg|thumb|405x405px|[[Our World of News]] covers the closure of Textwall(''June 10th, 2024'')]]Duck has closed the site several times, usually in response to heavy spam. Every closure of the site has brought more and more of its userbase to OWOT, some of whom have decided to stay permanently. | [[File:Textwall dead 2.jpg|thumb|405x405px|[[Our World of News]] covers the closure of Textwall(''June 10th, 2024'')]]Duck has closed the site several times, usually in response to heavy spam. Every closure of the site has brought more and more of its userbase to OWOT, some of whom have decided to stay permanently. | ||
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On June 25th, 2025, [[FP]] created [https://tw.2s4.me/ tw.2s4.me] as a place for TextWall refugees to go instead of migrating to OWOT.{{Blockquote|''tw.2s4.me is a throwaway TW clone made right after its shutdown, so I took no care in its backend''|author=FP}}{{Blockquote|''I'm nearly done with the Textwall 'revival' - it's not going to receive any more updates after it's out, and it would only serve as a containment chamber'|author=FP on June 24th, 2023}} | On June 25th, 2025, [[FP]] created [https://tw.2s4.me/ tw.2s4.me] as a place for TextWall refugees to go instead of migrating to OWOT.{{Blockquote|''tw.2s4.me is a throwaway TW clone made right after its shutdown, so I took no care in its backend''|author=FP}}{{Blockquote|''I'm nearly done with the Textwall 'revival' - it's not going to receive any more updates after it's out, and it would only serve as a containment chamber'|author=FP on June 24th, 2023}} | ||
=== 2024 === | === May 2024 === | ||
TextWall's main wall was wiped in May of 2024 and set to read-only for a prolonged period of time. Personal walls were still editable during this time, but account registration was disabled.<ref>https://textwall.fandom.com/wiki/TextWall/Possible_Shutdown</ref> | TextWall's main wall was wiped in May of 2024 and set to read-only for a prolonged period of time. Personal walls were still editable during this time, but account registration was disabled.<ref>https://textwall.fandom.com/wiki/TextWall/Possible_Shutdown</ref> | ||
=== June 2024 === | |||
On June 9th, 2024, TextWall briefly shut down following instances of [https://soyjak.party/ soyjak.party] users flocking to it. Several worlds were created, most filled with braille pastes and the usual Soyjak markings. The site was restored on June 13th with | On June 9th, 2024, TextWall briefly shut down following instances of [https://soyjak.party/ soyjak.party] users flocking to it. Several worlds were created, most filled with braille pastes and the usual Soyjak markings. The site was restored on June 13th with | ||
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File:Textwall 2025.png|textwall.cc in 2025 | File:Textwall 2025.png|textwall.cc in 2025 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== October 2025(tw.2s4.me) === | |||
On October 31st, 2025, tw.2s4.me was locked down for 12 hours after it was raided by soyjak.party. | |||
== TextWall clones == | == TextWall clones == | ||
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=== Art === | === Art === | ||
TextWall renders certain unicode/SLC symbols differently from OWOT, resulting in visible gaps between characters in ANSI/SLC art. The site also lacks support for customizable cell colors. | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="250"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="250"> | ||
File:Textwall tower august 2024.png|August 2024 | File:Textwall tower august 2024.png|August 2024 | ||
File:Textwall tree may 2025.png|May 2025 | File:Textwall tree may 2025.png|May 2025 | ||
File:Textwall february 2025.png|February 2025 | |||
File:Textwall vortex.png|alt=Screenshot by Lime.owot|June 2025 | File:Textwall vortex.png|alt=Screenshot by Lime.owot|June 2025 | ||
</gallery> | File:Dominoguy carthage dark mode.png|A [[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] rendition of [https://ourworldoftext.com/fp/carthage Carthage] by [[DominoGuy]] | ||
[[File:Textwall spawn october 2025.png|center|thumb|953x953px|[https://tw.2s4.me/ tw.2s4.me]'s Spawn on October 21st, 2025]] | File:Tw google.png|Created by [https://tw.2s4.me/~Delta Delta] | ||
</gallery>[[File:Textwall spawn october 2025.png|center|thumb|953x953px|[https://tw.2s4.me/ tw.2s4.me]'s Spawn on October 21st, 2025]] | |||
[[File:Acropolis.png|center|thumb|787x787px|Acropolis, an art-filled city archived at [https://tw.2s4.me/~dominoguy_ tw.2s4.me/~dominoguy_]]] | |||
[[File:Tw2s4me art.png|center|thumb|645x645px]] | |||
=== Tower of Publicity === | === Tower of Publicity === | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://textwall.fandom.com/wiki/TextWall TextWall Fandom] | * [https://textwall.fandom.com/wiki/TextWall TextWall Fandom]: Created by [[Memesscience]] in late 2021. | ||
* [https://2s4.me/private/owot-tw-convert.html OWOT-TW Conversion]: A site that allows users to paste text between TextWall and OWOT. | * [https://2s4.me/private/owot-tw-convert.html OWOT-TW Conversion]: A site that allows users to paste text between TextWall and OWOT. | ||
* [https://historyoftextwall.neocities.org/ historyoftextwall.neocities.org]: Goes from March 2020 to April 2022 | * [https://historyoftextwall.neocities.org/ historyoftextwall.neocities.org]: Goes from March 2020 to April 2022 | ||