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On October 8, 2017, a new version of OWOT launched. The website's backend was created in [[wikipedia:Node.js|Node.js]] while the frontend used a modified copy of the Your World of Text client in its first few months. Our World of Text is currently maintained by a hobbyist computer programmer going by the online alias of FP. | On October 8, 2017, a new version of OWOT launched. The website's backend was created in [[wikipedia:Node.js|Node.js]] while the frontend used a modified copy of the Your World of Text client in its first few months. Our World of Text is currently maintained by a hobbyist computer programmer going by the online alias of FP. | ||
[[File:Favicons.png|thumb|Old vs. current logo (since March 2018)]] | [[File:Favicons.png|thumb|Old vs. current logo (since March 2018)]] | ||
[[File:Menu.png|thumb|The full menu options]] | |||
[[File:Center console.png|thumb|The Center Console]] | [[File:Center console.png|thumb|The Center Console]] | ||
==Functionality== | ==Functionality== | ||
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A world is divided into chunks that are 16 cells wide and 8 cells tall, called a tile. Each cell can store only one grapheme cluster, allowing Zalgo text to be written since users can create combined characters. Do note, however, that OWOT's implementation of grapheme clustering is relatively limited and only covers Emoji characters and combining characters. | A world is divided into chunks that are 16 cells wide and 8 cells tall, called a tile. Each cell can store only one grapheme cluster, allowing Zalgo text to be written since users can create combined characters. Do note, however, that OWOT's implementation of grapheme clustering is relatively limited and only covers Emoji characters and combining characters. | ||
== Accounts == | |||
Our World of Text does not require the usage of accounts to access and edit public worlds, and to use the chatrooms. To manage accounts, OWOT uses Uvias as its authentication system, which was introduced on August 27, 2019. The goal of Uvias is to allow for the sharing of accounts between Our World of Text, Our World of Pixels, and the upcoming project Spooks. | |||
Accounts are required to own worlds and become a member of one. The exception to this is membership keys, which allows world owners to provide temporary membership to even unregistered users given a correct URL parameter. | |||
Guest accounts are accounts starting with <code>Guest-</code> followed by a sequential number, and have a small number of limitations, such as not being able to own worlds. Guests can, however, be invited to a world as a member. Guest accounts are tied to your IP address, and may also expire after a certain period of time. | |||
Since the introduction of the Uvias account system in 2019, users have now been able to do extra things such as changing their username, viewing their login sessions and their join date, and disabling their account. | |||
== Moderation == | == Moderation == | ||
For the most part, Our World of Text is unmoderated with the exception of attacks on server infrastructure, illegal material (limited to CSAM), malicious script usage, and suspected sabotage campaigns possibly done by adjacent communities. Both the main page and global chatrooms (via the chatbox) are subject to anti-spam control which may be imperfect. The main page has virtually no rules, with the exception of pornographic images done via full-color Unicode block characters (on or close to spawn, and illegal types), malicious script usage (to the point of inhibiting usage of the page), and link spamming (mainly done by replicator scripts). Vandalism on certain popular areas such as [[Pika City]] may be subject to reversion periodically. Our World of Text is not designed to support the general part of the internet populace, which is why content rules are relatively more lax.<references /> | For the most part, Our World of Text is unmoderated with the exception of attacks on server infrastructure, illegal material (limited to CSAM), malicious script usage, and suspected sabotage campaigns possibly done by adjacent communities. Both the main page and global chatrooms (via the chatbox) are subject to anti-spam control which may be imperfect. The main page has virtually no rules, with the exception of pornographic images done via full-color Unicode block characters (on or close to spawn, and illegal types), malicious script usage (to the point of inhibiting usage of the page), and link spamming (mainly done by replicator scripts). Vandalism on certain popular areas such as [[Pika City]] may be subject to reversion periodically. Our World of Text is not designed to support the general part of the internet populace, which is why content rules are relatively more lax.<references /> | ||