Non-English speaking communities on OWOT: Difference between revisions
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'''''<small>*See [https://web.archive.org/web/20250619102306/https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Brazilpocalypse Brazilpocalypse] on the YWOT wiki</small>''''' | '''''<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> | ||
Latest revision as of 01:06, 6 January 2026
Subcommunities on OWOT, usually cut off from the wider userbase, that use languages other than English as their primary means of communication.
Russian
Russian image board users are responsible for making several of the largest and most active pages on Our World of Text, the biggest of which was created in 2018 and is still receiving updates as of 2026. It is theorized that Russian internet users flock to OWOT and its sister website YWOT in order to escape internet censorship, since these sites store text in a format that can't be read by spyware.
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A ~600 coordinate wide world populated by Russians -
Art from the world
Portuguese
*See Brazilpocalypse on the YWOT wiki
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 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.
French
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.
Most of them have since left, but as of early 2026 you'd still see one or two French messages every now and then.
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
hɛccor: damn, OWOT is available in mainland China?
StrShell: yeap
StrShell: becs proxy with cloudflare
StrShell: Because Cloudflare CDN is being used
[...]
StrShell: OWOT is sometimes inaccessible within China and requires a VPN. I hope Cloudflare will deploy more nodes soon
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, 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. The following threads were started by a user named StrShell on OWOT.
Larger threads:
- https://www.nodeloc.com/t/topic/34412
- https://www.nodeloc.com/t/topic/34577
- https://www.nodeloc.com/t/topic/34630
- https://www.nodeloc.com/t/topic/34664/9
Smaller threads:
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Explanation of OWOT -
Talking in chat -
Chinese users being unable to register -
Learning to image paste -
Cont. -
Talking about toxicity in OWOT -
OWOT chatlog translated to Chinese -
Translated back to English
