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== Other spam clearing scripts == | == Other spam clearing scripts == | ||
Most of these are rather gimmicky, meant to serve more as a spectacle than as an effective way of erasing spam. | |||
=== Roombas === | === Roombas === | ||
[[Animated scripts|Mobile scripts]] that automatically crawl around the canvas and delete everything in their paths. Roombas | [[Animated scripts|Mobile scripts]] that automatically crawl around the canvas and delete everything in their paths. Roombas function much slower than manual wiping and are usually limited to a small radius around the center. Despite this, these scripts are almost universally despised since they lack the ability to distinguish between spam and [[Art|original content]]. | ||
The first roombas originated from [[Your World of Text]] in late 2022, and were created by a user who was simply named The Janitor. They were then duplicated by a user named [[Catha'Vi]], who brought them to OWOT in 2024. Another scripter named [[Prohibit]] would later create their own roomba in 2025, though this one didn't see much use. | The first roombas originated from [[Your World of Text]] in late 2022, and were created by a user who was simply named The Janitor. They were then duplicated by a user named [[Catha'Vi]], who brought them to OWOT in 2024. Another scripter named [[Prohibit]] would later create their own roomba in 2025, though this one didn't see much use. | ||
[[File:Moth_roomba_ywot.gif|center|thumb|288x288px|Catha'vi's roomba in YWOT(''Sped up 30x'')]] | [[File:Moth_roomba_ywot.gif|center|thumb|288x288px|Catha'vi's roomba in YWOT(''Sped up 30x'')]] | ||
=== Black hole script === | |||
A script from November 2025 that slowly sucks in text in a small radius. The center switches periodically between a full block unicode and a note link that didn't appear to contain anything. | |||
[[File:Black hole script.gif|center|thumb|November 15th, 2025(''Sped up 20x'')]] | |||
=== Vacuum script === | |||
Another script from November 2025, possibly by the same creator as the black hole script.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | |||
File:Spawn vacuum.gif|November 22nd, 2025(''Sped up 5x'') | |||
File:Spawn vacuum 2.gif|Running realtime alongside a platforming script | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Scripts]] | [[Category:Scripts]] | ||