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Spam is unwanted repetitive content intended to render a medium of communication useless for a period of time, or to cause annoyance to users.
Spam is unwanted repetitive content intended to render a medium of communication useless for a period of time, or to cause annoyance to users. Users throughout OWOT's history have complained about the overabundance of spam, which has almost always drowned out [[Art|original content]] at [[Spawn]].  


Users throughout OWOT's history have complained about the overabundance of spam, which has almost always drowned out [[Art|original content]] at [[Spawn]]. While spam is generally seen as inevitable, [[FP]](''the only active admin'') is known to [[Moderation|moderate]] it on a regular basis, undertaking actions such as: ratelimiting, color banning, or IP banning spammers, performing rollbacks to restore destroyed content, or updating the site's code in order to brick specific spam scripts. Despite this, dedicated spammers have generally been able to circumvent these measures and attack the site for prolonged periods of time.
While spam is generally seen as inevitable, [[FP]] (''the only active admin'') is known to [[Moderation|moderate]] it on a regular basis, undertaking actions such as:  
 
* ratelimiting, color banning, or IP banning spammers
* performing rollbacks to restore destroyed content
* updating the site's code in order to brick specific spam scripts  
 
Despite this, dedicated spammers have generally been able to circumvent these measures and attack the site for prolonged periods of time.


On their part, regular users can fight spam by clearing it manually. They can also use a [[Wipers|wiper]] script, though these are subject to abuse and tend not to be handed out freely. And while FP is the only admin on the OWOT [[/|Frontpage]], several trusted users have been given the ability to perform rollbacks on [[/main]] using a tool known as the [[Moderation#Time Machine|time machine]].
On their part, regular users can fight spam by clearing it manually. They can also use a [[Wipers|wiper]] script, though these are subject to abuse and tend not to be handed out freely. And while FP is the only admin on the OWOT [[/|Frontpage]], several trusted users have been given the ability to perform rollbacks on [[/main]] using a tool known as the [[Moderation#Time Machine|time machine]].
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=== Road spam ===
=== Road spam ===
[[File:Road spam.png|thumb|Road spam|221x221px]]
[[File:Road spam.png|thumb|Road spam|221x221px]]
[[File:Road spam remnants.png|thumb|Last remnant of the road spam in 2025(''the curve at the top was added by [[JRT]]'')|225x225px]]
[[File:Road spam remnants.png|thumb|Last remnant of the road spam in 2025 (''the curve at the top was added by [[JRT]]'')|225x225px]]
In 2020, multiple different colored roads were pasted on the canvas that appear to lead to nowhere in particular. They would wind around randomly and go over each other, extending for hundreds of coordinates.
In 2020, multiple different colored roads were pasted on the canvas that appear to lead to nowhere in particular. They would wind around randomly and go over each other, extending for hundreds of coordinates.


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File:Pkk 1.png|Scribble spam
File:Pkk 1.png|Scribble spam
File:Pkk 4.png|Flag spam pt. 3
File:Pkk 4.png|Flag spam pt. 3
File:Pkk note link spam.png|[[Links#Note links|Note links]] spam
</gallery>
 
=== Scribble spam ===
[[File:Pkk scribble spam 2.png|none|thumb|Several types of scribble spam on August 24th, 2025, most likely from PKK]]
 
=== Emoji Spam ===
Most of the ones below are from the PKK spammer.<gallery widths="120" heights="120">
File:Fp on emoji spam.png
File:Pika city emoji spam.png|Emoji spam covering [[Pika City]] on August 19th, 2025
File:Yellow emoji spam timelapse august 28 2025.gif|Emoji spam with a peculiar spreading pattern (''Sped up ~40x'')
File:Emoji spam stop spamming.png
File:Pkk note link spam.png|Emoji spam with [[Links#Note links|note links]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== StormXXBoy ===
=== StormXXBoy ===
Known for advertising his website using rainbow colored spam.<gallery widths="120" heights="120">
Known for advertising his website using rainbow colored spam.<gallery widths="120" heights="120">
File:Rainbow circle.gif|Circular spam''Sped up 16x'')
File:Rainbow circle.gif|Circular spam (''Sped up 16x'')
File:Stormxxboy message overwrite.png|Script that replaces text with links to StormXXBoy's website
File:Stormxxboy message overwrite.png|Script that replaces text with links to StormXXBoy's website
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File:Onlygaysherespam2.png|April 26th, 2025
File:Onlygaysherespam2.png|April 26th, 2025
File:Onlygaysherespam.png
File:Onlygaysherespam.png
</gallery>
</gallery><gallery widths="120" heights="120">
=== Emoji Spam ===
File:Pkk note link spam.png|alt=Emoji spam with note links
<gallery widths="120" heights="120">
File:Fp on emoji spam.png
File:Pika city emoji spam.png|Emoji spam covering [[Pika City]] on August 19th, 2025
File:Yellow emoji spam timelapse august 28 2025.gif|Emoji spam with a peculiar spreading pattern(''Sped up ~40x'')
File:Emoji spam stop spamming.png
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== SLC spam ===
=== SLC/glitch spam ===
Spam consisting of [[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] slopes which would spread in strange patterns.  
Spam consisting of [[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] slopes which would spread in strange patterns.  


These appeared throughout the first half of November 2025. Around the same time, the creator also created an [[image paster]] that utilized SLC slopes.
A prolific creator of this type of spam appeared in November 2025 and remained active well into December. They also created an [[image paster]] that utilized SLC slopes.
[[File:Spreading slc spam.gif|none|thumb|290x290px|Spreading in real time]]
[[File:Spreading slc spam.gif|none|thumb|290x290px|Spreading in real time]]


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File:Spreading slc spam 1.png|"Glitch script"
File:Spreading slc spam 1.png|"Glitch script"
File:Spreading slc spam 2.png|"Fungus script"
File:Spreading slc spam 2.png|"Fungus script"
File:Slc spam december 5 2025-min.png
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An onslaught of vaporeon image pastes that began appearing on November 11th, 2025. It spread rapidly over the following months, eventually covering over a hundred coordinates on all sides. [[FP]] took an active role in fighting this spam wave and dubbed it the "blobfish spam."<gallery widths="120" heights="120">
An onslaught of vaporeon image pastes that began appearing on November 11th, 2025. It spread rapidly over the following months, eventually covering over a hundred coordinates on all sides. [[FP]] took an active role in fighting this spam wave and dubbed it the "blobfish spam."<gallery widths="120" heights="120">
File:Blobfish november 12.png|November 12th, 2025
File:Blobfish november 12.png|November 12th, 2025
File:Blobfish november 12 2.png|200x200 coordinate screenshot by [[Realredtext-]](''November 12th, 2025'')
File:Blobfish november 12 2.png|200x200 coordinate screenshot by [[Realredtext-]] (''November 12th, 2025'')
File:Blobfish november 13.png|November 13th, 2025
File:Blobfish november 13.png|November 13th, 2025
File:Blobfish november 18.png|500x500 coordinate screenshot by [[e_g.]](''November 18th, 2025'')
File:Blobfish november 18.png|500x500 coordinate screenshot by [[e_g.]] (''November 18th, 2025'')
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</gallery>


=== Pacman spam ===
=== Pacman spam ===
{{Quote|quote=Whatever, go my pacmen|speaker=Anonymous message sent before each onslaught}}Spam from December 2025 which uses a [https://ourworldoftext.com/pacmanscript script] by gimmickCellar. Since then the script has been adapted to replace the Pacmen with other symbols.<gallery widths="250" heights="250">
{{Quote|quote=Whatever, go my pacmen|speaker=Anonymous message sent before each onslaught}}Spam from December 2025 which uses a [https://ourworldoftext.com/pacmanscript script] by gimmickCellar. Since then the script has been adapted to replace the Pacmen with other symbols.<gallery widths="250" heights="250">
File:Pacman duplication.gif|An earlier instance of Pacmen spam from abusing a loophole in [[Mr. Black]]'s script(''September 2024'')
File:Pacman duplication.gif|An earlier instance of Pacmen spam from abusing a loophole in [[Mr. Black]]'s script (''September 2024'')
File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 2.gif|December 8th, 2025(''Sped up 5x'')
File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 2.gif|December 8th, 2025 (''Sped up 5x'')
File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 3.gif|December 8th, 2025(''Real time'')
File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 3.gif|December 8th, 2025 (''Real time'')
File:Whatever go my clowns.gif|Clown version(''December 12th, 2025'')
File:Whatever go my clowns.gif|Clown version (''December 12th, 2025'')
File:Mobile stickmen.gif|Stickmen version(''December 19th, 2025'')
File:Mobile stickmen.gif|Stickmen version (''December 19th, 2025'')
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A script by [[Schjessu]] that generates a variety of effects.<gallery widths="200" heights="300">
A script by [[Schjessu]] that generates a variety of effects.<gallery widths="200" heights="300">
File:Storm script test structure.gif|Sped up 4x
File:Storm script test structure.gif|Sped up 4x
File:Schjessu lightning test.png|In OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server](''December 15th, 2025'')
File:Schjessu lightning test.png|In OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server] (''December 15th, 2025'')
File:Lightning test 2.png|Cont.(''December 17th, 2025'')
File:Lightning test 2.png|Cont. (''December 17th, 2025'')
File:Size 400 star.png|"STAR" function at maximum size(''December 17th, 2025'')
File:Size 400 star.png|"STAR" function at maximum size (''December 17th, 2025'')
File:The pulsing insectoid mass.png|''the pulsing insectoid mass''
File:The pulsing insectoid mass.png|''the pulsing insectoid mass''
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== bengobeliktava ===
=== bengobeliktava ===
Bombarded spawn with shape spam in late December 2025.
{{main|December 2025 spam war}}
 
Bombarded spawn with large-scale spam in late December 2025.
 
The spam here was created using [[Wipers#gimmickCellar's raywiper|gimmickCellar's raywiper]], which can paste text in a variety of shapes, sizes and patterns.


Emojis were used to circumvent a [[color ban]] placed upon the Mainpage.<gallery widths="200">
Emojis were used to circumvent a [[color ban]] placed upon the Mainpage.<gallery widths="200">
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<gallery widths="200" heights="120" mode="packed">
<gallery widths="200" heights="120" mode="packed">
File:Script experimentation.png|Miscellaneous script experimentation
File:Script experimentation.png|Miscellaneous script experimentation
File:Langtons ant spam.png|[[wikipedia:Langton's_ant|Langton's ant]] script(''September 30th, 2024'')
File:Wtif spam.png|Coordinated spamming effort on [[WTIF]]'s world in 2023
File:Test server spawn november 24 2025.webp|The Spawn of OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server](''November 24th, 2025'')
File:Langtons ant spam.png|[[wikipedia:Langton's_ant|Langton's ant]] script (''September 30th, 2024'')
File:Test server spam prohibit.png|Test server spam by Prohibit(''November 24th, 2025'')<ref>"''this caused ~718 unique constraint errors''" -  FP</ref>
File:Test server spawn november 24 2025.webp|The Spawn of OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server] (''November 24th, 2025'')
File:Scrambled polonez road.png|Script that scrambles characters within a large radius(''December 17th, 2025'')
File:Test server spam prohibit.png|Test server spam by Prohibit (''November 24th, 2025'')<ref>"''this caused ~718 unique constraint errors''" -  FP</ref>
File:Scrambled polonez road.png|Script that scrambles characters within a large radius (''December 17th, 2025'')
File:Weird spam december 19 2025.png|December 19th, 2025
File:Weird spam december 19 2025.png|December 19th, 2025
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="500" caption="Miscellaneous large-scale spam">
File:Banksy grid.png|By [[Banksy]] (''December 22nd, 2025'')
File:Aga spam 10.png|Assorted spam on [[Juno]]'s page on December 28th, 2025
File:Industrial waste spam.png|December 28th, 2025
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="400" caption="Miscellaneous large-scale spam">
File:Black spam august 28 2025.jpg|Large amounts of spam over Spawn on August 28th, 2025
File:Black spam august 28 2025.jpg|Large amounts of spam over Spawn on August 28th, 2025
File:Sharty spam september 22 2025.png|Soyjak.party spam, extends ~80 coordinates up and down(''September 22nd, 2025'')(''Actually orchestrated by crystal.cafe'')
File:Sharty spam september 22 2025.png|Soyjak.party spam, extends ~80 coordinates up and down (''September 22nd, 2025'') (''Actually orchestrated by crystal.cafe'')
File:Test server spam prohibit 2.png|[[Large OWOT screenshots|Large screenshot]] of OWOT's test server(''November 24th, 2025'')  
File:Test server spam prohibit 2.png|[[Large OWOT screenshots|Large screenshot]] of OWOT's test server (''November 24th, 2025'')
File:Test server december 27 2025.png|The test server on December 27th, 2025
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