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[[File:1052 art.png|thumb|165x165px|By [[Guest-1052]]]]Image paste abuse is one of the most obtrusive forms of spam on OWOT and also one of the most common. By late 2024/early 2025, images have begun to regularly outnumber other forms of text at [[Spawn]], prompting several users to jokingly call the site "Our World of Image Pastes."

Furthermore, image pasters are frequently used to display offensive and/or graphic content. Pornographic spam has always been a recurring problem on OWOT and the lack of measures against it have led to fierce criticism against the site's [[moderation]]. This problem was only made worse in November 2024, when image pastes achieved significantly higher resolutions with the ~~implementation~~ of customizable cell colors on the front page. A breaking point was reached in December 2025, when [[FP]] made the decision to [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026|disable color]] on the front page until he is able to implement a feature that ~~can~~ automatically ~~hide image pastes~~ from the canvas.

Furthermore, image pasters are frequently used to display offensive and/or graphic content. Pornographic spam has always been a recurring problem on OWOT and the lack of measures against it have led to fierce criticism against the site's [[moderation]]. This problem was only made worse in November 2024, when image pastes achieved significantly higher resolutions with the addition of customizable cell colors to the front page. A breaking point was reached in December 2025, when [[FP]] made the decision to [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026|disable color]] on the front page in order to limit the clarity of NSFW image pastes. The color ban will stay in place until he is able to implement a feature that automatically hides images from the canvas.

Despite all these issues, image ~~pastes~~ are not outright despised by the community. Many scripters still enjoy finding new ways to render images on the canvas, and the creation of new image pasters is usually received positively so long as it doesn't result in more spam. Nevertheless, there is an informal ban on the distribution of such scripts which [[Lemuria]] refers to as the "OWOT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Image Pasters."

Despite all these issues, image pasters are not outright despised by the community. Many scripters still enjoy finding new ways to render images on the canvas, and the creation of new image pasters is usually received positively so long as it doesn't result in more spam. Nevertheless, there is an informal ban on the distribution of such scripts which [[Lemuria]] refers to as the "OWOT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Image Pasters."

At the same time, there are many users who tolerate image pasters even when they are used for spam, seeing it as an example of spammers exercising their freedom on the canvas.