Non-English speaking communities on OWOT: Difference between revisions
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One Textboard migrant, [[Jujublob]], has since became a semi-active member of the "main" OWOT community. They are friends with [[JanTechPL]], a Polish user. | One Textboard migrant, [[Jujublob]], has since became a semi-active member of the "main" OWOT community. They are friends with [[JanTechPL]], a Polish user. | ||
== Chinese == | == Chinese == | ||
As far as we know, no (exclusively) Chinese speaking users are regularly active on OWOT, though they'd have an inconvenient time if they do exist. For one, [[wikipedia:CJK_characters|CJK]] characters break the canvas' formatting. And there's also the fact that the captcha required to create an account doesn't work in China, so a VPN is required to register. | <blockquote>'''''<u>hɛccor:</u>''' damn, OWOT is available in mainland China?'' | ||
'''<u>''StrShell:''</u>''' ''yeap'' | |||
'''<u>''StrShell:''</u>''' ''becs proxy with cloudflare'' | |||
'''<u>''StrShell:''</u>''' ''Because Cloudflare CDN is being used'' | |||
[...] | |||
'''''<u>StrShell:</u>''' OWOT is sometimes inaccessible within China and requires a VPN. I hope Cloudflare will deploy more nodes soon''</blockquote>As far as we know, no (exclusively) Chinese speaking users are regularly active on OWOT, though they'd have an inconvenient time if they do exist. For one, [[wikipedia:CJK_characters|CJK]] characters break the canvas' formatting. And there's also the fact that the captcha required to create an account doesn't work in China, so a VPN is required to register. | |||
See below for OWOT discussions on a [https://www.nodeloc.com Chinese internet forum] in January 2025. The following threads were started by a user named [https://ourworldoftext.com/strshell StrShell] on OWOT. | See below for OWOT discussions on a [https://www.nodeloc.com Chinese internet forum] in January 2025. The following threads were started by a user named [https://ourworldoftext.com/strshell StrShell] on OWOT. | ||