Similar sites to OWOT: Difference between revisions

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'''''<small>*See also: [[Ways People Discover OWOT]]</small>'''''

Sites similar to OWOT, namely in being infinite canvases editable by anyone.

Sites similar to OWOT, namely in being infinite canvases editable by anyone(''or are similar/related to it in other ways'').

== Sister ~~Sites~~ of OWOT(or "''The Three Sites''") ==

Some of the items on this page were taken from the world [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot_type_websites /owot_type_websites].

[[Mr.Guy]] is also working on compiling a larger list of sites similar to OWOT.

== Sister sites of OWOT(or "''The Three Sites''") ==

Coined by [[Lemuria]] in [[Our World of News|''Our World of News'']], "''The Three Sites''" refer to a triad of infinite canvases that are labeled as sister websites of one another.

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== OWOT ~~Clones~~/~~Instances~~ ==

== OWOT clones/instances ==

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== OWOT ~~Betas~~ ==

== OWOT betas ==

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== Other ~~Canvas Sites Related~~ to OWOT ==

== Other canvas sites related to OWOT ==

Sites that are not considered sister websites of OWOT, but whose userbases have interacted with OWOT in the past.

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== Other ~~Canvas Sites~~ ==

== Other text canvas sites ==

Infinite canvas sites whose existences are generally unknown within the OWOT community. Some of them have been shut down, while others are simply too obscure to garner much attention.

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== ~~Other sandboxes~~ that ~~have minor similarities~~ to ~~OWOT~~ ==

== (Infinite) pixel canvases ==

* [https://www.reddit.com/r/place/ /r/place]: The project that popularized the concept of pixel canvases. It was created one year after OWOP and features a much smaller canvas. It also set a trend for future pixel sites to impose a strict time limit on how often you can place pixels, which encourages users to band together in order to create any sizable drawings.

* [https://pxls.space/ pxls.space]:

* [https://wplace.live/ wplace.live]:

== Publicly editable text documents ==

=== Edit The Text ===

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A revival has since been created at [https://tikolu.net/edit/ tikolu.net/edit/].

=== Garyc Textfield ===

[https://garyc.me/textfield/ garyc.me/textfield/] is similar to ETT, but supports a much smaller amount of text.

== Other sandboxes that have minor similarities to OWOT ==

=== Multiplayer Piano ===

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File:Spooks avatars.png|Spooks avatars by [[InfraRaven]]

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== Bonus: Chatrooms populated by OWOT users ==

[[Wokecat]](''created by [[Sammich]]'') and [[Sleepycat]](''created by [[PinkiePie]]'') are both chatrooms used almost exclusively by (edgier) members of the OWOT community.

They are seen by some as alternatives to OWOT's built in [[chat]] system, and of the [[OWOT Discord]], which is hated passionately by most Woke/Sleepycat users.

=== Wokecat ===

The idea for Wokecat originated from an YWOT IRC named [https://www.yourworldoftext.com/~ycentral /~ycentral], which was created in 201? as a way to connect prominent community members outside of the canvas.

The idea of a chatroom for YWOT users has gone through several names over the years, including ycentral, spooks, and awakens.me. Wokecat is the latest version and was created by Sammich in 201?.

Wokecat has a main channel along with several smaller rooms. It enables users to upload gifs, and to customize the color, size and font of their usernames/messages. Certain words are automatically replaced whenever they are sent in chat(''Ex. "discord" --> "dicksword," "sammich" --> "1984"'').

Frequenters of Wokecat include veteran YWOT users Sammich, [[Mr.Guy]](''Nihilum''), JA and [[Kevin]]. Other notable users are Jesse76—who is also active on the YWOT Discord—and [[Tatejo]], who migrated to Wokecat after the sudden closure of Sleepycat. OWOT users such as [[d9eoead]] have also been known to visit the site from time to time.

Unlike Sleepycat, Wokecat keeps a permanent log of messages which can be browsed using a search bar. The context behind past messages are still obfuscated, however, as you cannot jump to older convesations like in Discord.

=== Sleepycat ===

A Wokecat clone created by Pinkiepie in 201?.

The main difference between the two sites is that Sleepycat does not keep a permanent log of edits, making it a preferable environment for many of OWOT's more toxic users. The chatroom has historically had an antagonistic relationship with the wider OWOT community. On several occasions Sleepycat users have shared plans to take down either OWOT or its Discord server.

Sleepycat mysteriously disappeared in early 2025, causing a few of its users to migrate to Wokecat.

Formerly active users of Sleepycat included PinkiePie, Tatejo, [[Meimei]], [[Elon]], [[Polonez]] and many more.

== Bonus: Mr.Guy's Chalkboard ==