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'''''<small>*Apparently not by Mr. Black, though it's staying on this page for the time being.</small>'''''
'''''<small>*Apparently not by Mr. Black, though it's staying on this page for the time being.</small>'''''


A digital clock which told time in UTC appeared on YWOT on January 21st, 2026, and showed up on OWOT not too long after. Over the next few days, these clocks would run on both sites almost constantly, receiving cosmetic updates every now and then. On YWOT, the clock received backlash for lagging the site, while on OWOT people wanted it removed for taking up over half of the [[Center Console]].<gallery widths="210" heights="210" mode="packed">
A digital clock which told time in UTC appeared on YWOT on January 21st, 2026, and showed up on OWOT not too long after. Over the next few days, these clocks would run on both sites almost constantly, receiving cosmetic updates every now and then. On YWOT, the clock received backlash for lagging the site, while on OWOT people wanted it removed for taking up over half of the [[Center Console|Square of Publicity]].<gallery widths="210" heights="210" mode="packed">
File:First clock.gif|The clock not too long after appearing on YWOT (January 21st, 2026)
File:First clock.gif|The clock not too long after appearing on YWOT (January 21st, 2026)
File:Unknown oval text paster.jpg|Oval text paster protesting the clock on OWOT (January 21st, 2026)
File:Unknown oval text paster.jpg|Oval text paster protesting the clock on OWOT (January 21st, 2026)
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=== Scrolling text ===
=== Scrolling text ===
Appeared on January 25th, 2026, and ended up occupying the rest of the space left over in the Square of Publicity, further enraging the community.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
Appeared on January 25th, 2026. The scrolling text script took up all the remaining SOP space left over by the digital clock (which had been running for four days by that point). Mr. Black removed the script in response to community outrage.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Mr black scrolling text.gif|Sped up 2x
File:Mr black scrolling text.gif|Sped up 2x
File:Mr black motd.gif|Additional text (Sped up 2x)
File:Mr black motd.gif|Additional text (Sped up 2x)