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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 on OWOT ==
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.''"