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>''''' | ||
Brazilian/Portuguese-speaking users have always been present on OWOT | Brazilian/Portuguese-speaking 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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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. | ||