2025 color ban: Difference between revisions
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''I guarantee he knows all this by now, and by not shutting down the canvas entirely or removing colors it definitely falls under being intentional'' | ''I guarantee he knows all this by now, and by not shutting down the canvas entirely or removing colors it definitely falls under being intentional'' | ||
'''— [[Catha'Vi|Catha'vi]] on December 18th, 2025''' </blockquote> | '''— [[Catha'Vi|Catha'vi]] on December 18th, 2025''' </blockquote>The color ban started on December 19th at 2:13 P.M. EST, after FP was alerted of a NSFW video that was broadcasted to Spawn the night before.<blockquote>''not cp, it's actually a youtube video on cyclops sydrome (from a medical channel)'' | ||
''but I still disabled colors globally out of precaution until the image safety feature is implemented and rolled out'' | |||
'''— FP on December 19th, 2025'''</blockquote> | |||
== User reactions == | == User reactions == | ||
<blockquote>''[[GoldShip|💗GoldShip🤍]]: owot without colors is just glorified ywot'' | <blockquote>''OWOT IS GOING YWOT!!'' | ||
''unfortunately that means that confessing something in black text is no longer fun'' | |||
''because everyone's in black text'' | |||
'''— [[Katiserie]] on December 19th, 2025'''</blockquote><blockquote>''[[GoldShip|💗GoldShip🤍]]: owot without colors is just glorified ywot'' | |||
''💗GoldShip🤍: like'' | ''💗GoldShip🤍: like'' | ||
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''💗GoldShip🤍: (programming)'' | ''💗GoldShip🤍: (programming)'' | ||
''💗GoldShip🤍: like ngga you made this shit you should know what it'd cause''</blockquote> | ''💗GoldShip🤍: like ngga you made this shit you should know what it'd cause''</blockquote>[[File:Banksy blue 4.png|none|thumb|December 20th, 2025]]<blockquote>''ℓ≻ marie: when do we get the colors and image pasters back front page'' | ||
''💗GoldShip🤍: when fp stops being a pussy'' | ''💗GoldShip🤍: when fp stops being a pussy'' | ||
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''📱 (Ꙥ) JanTechPL: when the sock of publicity will have a public space'' | ''📱 (Ꙥ) JanTechPL: when the sock of publicity will have a public space'' | ||
''[8185]: and then they make all emojis grayscale and max contrast''</blockquote>'''.. | ''[8185]: and then they make all emojis grayscale and max contrast''</blockquote><gallery> | ||
[[File: | File:Reaction to color being gone.png|''"Sorrow for a bygone era"'' by [[Dupy]]. The stickman's message was vandalized. (''December 20th, 2025'') | ||
File:The world used to be colorful.png|Later revision with unvandalized 2-row text | |||
</gallery><blockquote>''i remember someone saying a few days back that sites like owot looks prettier with no colour and i can see why,'' | |||
''this looks awesome'' | |||
'''— Blancrenarde on December 20th, 2025, commenting on an extravagant script display that used emojis instead of colored text'''</blockquote><gallery> | |||
File:Bringcolorsbackbyfp.png|[[Schjessu]]'s protest alt(''December 20th, 2025'') | |||
File:Bringcolorsbackfp spam.png|Spam that replaces text with '''''#BRINGCOLORSBACKFP''''' | |||
File:Bringcolorsbackfp spam 2.png|December 21st, 2025 | |||
</gallery><blockquote>''man fuck sylveon and fp for causing this problem, no more colors, no more image pasters, no more SLC, just boring ass stuff with pasting image of dots''</blockquote> | |||
[[File:Color condition.png|none|thumb|261x261px|Condition for FP to restore color]] | |||
== Color replacements == | == Color replacements == | ||
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=== Using links === | === Using links === | ||
During the ban, two text colors were still available using [[links]]: blue(''url links'') and green(''coordinate links'').<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | During the ban, two text colors were still available using [[links]]: blue(''url links'') and green(''coordinate links''). | ||
File:Link messages.png|By [[Fun.com]](''December 20th, 2025'') | |||
People on YWOT have been using links to make color all the way back in 2010. However the ability to create links was disabled on the Mainpage, so link art could only be found in [https://www.yourworldoftext.com/~InfraRaven/MarioMap select subworlds].<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Link messages.png|By [[Fun.com|Dupy]](''December 20th, 2025'') | |||
File:Ywot link art.png|YWOT link art from 2010<ref>https://github.com/ywothistory/ywothistory.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2012-12-31-earlyywot.markdown</ref> | File:Ywot link art.png|YWOT link art from 2010<ref>https://github.com/ywothistory/ywothistory.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2012-12-31-earlyywot.markdown</ref> | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="By [[Banksy]]"> | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="By [[Banksy]]"> | ||
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File:Banksy green 1.png | File:Banksy green 1.png | ||
File:Banksy green 2.png | File:Banksy green 2.png | ||
File:Goo fp.png|Slime effect by [[Rscr]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Since color is usually the primary means for users to identify themselves on the canvas, the color ban posed yet another issue from which multiple solutions emerged. | Since color is usually the primary means for users to identify themselves on the canvas, the color ban posed yet another issue from which multiple solutions emerged. | ||
[[Fun.com]] created a script that applied alternating link types and text decorations to | [[Fun.com|Dupy/Fun.com]] created a script that applied alternating link types and text decorations to his messages, giving him a unique look in a canvas where only three text colors are available. However, he later removed the alternating text decorations and made the link type alternate every two characters instead of one due to readability issues. | ||
[[Schjessu]], on the other hand, opted for the simpler option of writing her messages with the '''bold''' and ''italic'' text decorations. | [[Schjessu]], on the other hand, opted for the simpler option of writing her messages with the '''bold''' and ''italic'' text decorations. | ||
The ban also gave [[Katiserie]] an opportunity to bring out her message tagging script, which attaches note links to her messages so that a popup saying "Written by katiserie" will appear whenever you hover over them. | The ban also gave [[Katiserie]] an opportunity to bring out her message tagging script, which attaches note links to her messages so that a popup saying "Written by katiserie" will appear whenever you hover over them. | ||
[[File:Katiserie message tag.png|center|thumb|383x383px|Katiserie using note links to tag her messages(''December 20th, 2025)'']] | [[File:Katiserie message tag.png|center|thumb|383x383px|Katiserie using note links to tag her messages(''December 20th, 2025)'']]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Dupy text.png|A similar mechanism by Dupy/Fun.com(''December 20th, 2025)'' | |||
File:Dupy text 2.png|New version that includes time | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | == Spam war == | ||
{{main|December 2025 spam war}} | |||
Large-scale [[spam]] that occurred during the color ban, in which emojis were used to replace text colors.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Spaghetti spam 2.png|"Pasta Railgun" by [https://ourworldoftext.com/bengo/spamming/ bengobeklitava] | |||
[[ | File:Circle war 7.png|Black hole spam by [[UntitledOWOT]] | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | File:Raywiper december 20 2025.gif|A [[Wipers|raywiper]] was used to combat the spam | ||
File: | File:Bomb throwing tank small.gif|Spam-cleaning tank by [[Banksy]] | ||
File:Shape spam 2.gif | File:Shape spam 2.gif|Shape spam | ||
File:Shape spam 3.png|Cont. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||