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In 2022, [[FP]] developed the '''time machine''' to reverse the damage done by an 2020 spam wave which covered hundreds of coordinates on the [[/|Mainpage]]. This feature allows select users to see what sections of the site looked like at any given point in the past and, if desirable, revert it to that stage. | In 2022, [[FP]] developed the '''time machine''' to reverse the damage done by an 2020 spam wave which covered hundreds of coordinates on the [[/|Mainpage]]. This feature allows select users to see what sections of the site looked like at any given point in the past and, if desirable, revert it to that stage. | ||
Time machine perms were initially reserved to admins. In August of 2025 [[lime.owot]] and [[Echoden]] also received access to the tool, but only in [[/main]] so that they could moderate the world while FP is offline. | Time machine perms were initially reserved to admins. In August of 2025 [[lime.owot]] and [[Echoden]] also received access to the tool, but only in [[/main]] so that they could moderate the world while FP is offline. | ||
The time machine used to be accessible via [https://2s4.me/private/owot_timemachine/ 2s4.me/private/owot_timemachine/]. | The time machine used to be accessible via [https://2s4.me/private/owot_timemachine/ 2s4.me/private/owot_timemachine/]. | ||
[[File:Time machine main august 28 2025.png|center|thumb|793x793px|The Time Machine being used by [[fox]] to restore damage done to [[/main]](''August 28th, 2025'')]] | [[File:Time machine main august 28 2025.png|center|thumb|793x793px|The Time Machine being used by [[fox]] to restore damage done to [[/main]](''August 28th, 2025'')]] | ||
== History of moderation | In an [[OWOT Betas|older iteration of OWOT]], the time machine was also accessible in world settings. | ||
In ~2021, you could view older versions of a world using the URL format <code>ourworldoftext.com/account/timemachine/{world}/{0-1000000}/</code>. Though this seemed to have been a slightly different feature than the current time machine. | |||
== History of moderation in OWOT == | |||
<blockquote>"''If someone wants to run a moderated version of OWOT, I can release the source code, and someone can implement banning measures. On the main site, I think it's self-moderating and users can delete text themselves. I don't want OWOT to be headed towards the authoritarian direction though.''" | <blockquote>"''If someone wants to run a moderated version of OWOT, I can release the source code, and someone can implement banning measures. On the main site, I think it's self-moderating and users can delete text themselves. I don't want OWOT to be headed towards the authoritarian direction though.''" | ||