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Spam is unwanted repetitive content intended to render a medium of communication useless for a period of time, or to cause annoyance to users. Users throughout OWOT's history have complained about the overabundance of spam, which has almost always drowned out [[Art|original content]] at [[Spawn]]. | Spam is unwanted repetitive content intended to render a medium of communication useless for a period of time, or to cause annoyance to users. Users throughout OWOT's history have complained about the overabundance of spam, which has almost always drowned out [[Art|original content]] at [[Spawn]]. | ||
While spam is generally seen as inevitable, [[FP]] ( | While spam is generally seen as inevitable, [[FP]] (the only active admin) is known to [[Moderation|moderate]] it on a regular basis, undertaking actions such as: | ||
* ratelimiting, color banning, or IP banning spammers | * ratelimiting, color banning, or IP banning spammers | ||
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=== Road spam === | === Road spam === | ||
[[File:Road spam.png|thumb|Road spam|221x221px]] | [[File:Road spam.png|thumb|Road spam|221x221px]] | ||
[[File:Road spam remnants.png|thumb|Last remnant of the road spam in 2025 ( | [[File:Road spam remnants.png|thumb|Last remnant of the road spam in 2025 (the curve at the top was added by [[JRT]])|225x225px]] | ||
In 2020, multiple different colored roads were pasted on the canvas that appear to lead to nowhere in particular. They would wind around randomly and go over each other, extending for hundreds of coordinates. | In 2020, multiple different colored roads were pasted on the canvas that appear to lead to nowhere in particular. They would wind around randomly and go over each other, extending for hundreds of coordinates. | ||
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File:Fp on emoji spam.png | File:Fp on emoji spam.png | ||
File:Pika city emoji spam.png|Emoji spam covering [[Pika City]] on August 19th, 2025 | File:Pika city emoji spam.png|Emoji spam covering [[Pika City]] on August 19th, 2025 | ||
File:Yellow emoji spam timelapse august 28 2025.gif|Emoji spam with a peculiar spreading pattern ( | File:Yellow emoji spam timelapse august 28 2025.gif|Emoji spam with a peculiar spreading pattern (Sped up ~40x) | ||
File:Emoji spam stop spamming.png | File:Emoji spam stop spamming.png | ||
File:Pkk note link spam.png|Emoji spam with [[Links#Note links|note links]] | File:Pkk note link spam.png|Emoji spam with [[Links#Note links|note links]] | ||
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=== StormXXBoy === | === StormXXBoy === | ||
Known for advertising his website using rainbow colored spam.<gallery widths="120" heights="120"> | Known for advertising his website using rainbow colored spam.<gallery widths="120" heights="120"> | ||
File:Rainbow circle.gif|Circular spam ( | File:Rainbow circle.gif|Circular spam (Sped up 16x) | ||
File:Stormxxboy message overwrite.png|Script that replaces text with links to StormXXBoy's website | File:Stormxxboy message overwrite.png|Script that replaces text with links to StormXXBoy's website | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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An onslaught of vaporeon image pastes that began appearing on November 11th, 2025. It spread rapidly over the following months, eventually covering over a hundred coordinates on all sides. [[FP]] took an active role in fighting this spam wave and dubbed it the "blobfish spam."<gallery widths="120" heights="120"> | An onslaught of vaporeon image pastes that began appearing on November 11th, 2025. It spread rapidly over the following months, eventually covering over a hundred coordinates on all sides. [[FP]] took an active role in fighting this spam wave and dubbed it the "blobfish spam."<gallery widths="120" heights="120"> | ||
File:Blobfish november 12.png|November 12th, 2025 | File:Blobfish november 12.png|November 12th, 2025 | ||
File:Blobfish november 12 2.png|200x200 coordinate screenshot by [[Realredtext-]] ( | File:Blobfish november 12 2.png|200x200 coordinate screenshot by [[Realredtext-]] (November 12th, 2025) | ||
File:Blobfish november 13.png|November 13th, 2025 | File:Blobfish november 13.png|November 13th, 2025 | ||
File:Blobfish november 18.png|500x500 coordinate screenshot by [[e_g.]] ( | File:Blobfish november 18.png|500x500 coordinate screenshot by [[e_g.]] (November 18th, 2025) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Pacman spam === | === Pacman spam === | ||
{{Quote|quote=Whatever, go my pacmen|speaker=Anonymous message sent before each onslaught}}Spam from December 2025 which uses a [https://ourworldoftext.com/pacmanscript script] by gimmickCellar. Since then the script has been adapted to replace the Pacmen with other symbols.<gallery widths="250" heights="250"> | {{Quote|quote=Whatever, go my pacmen|speaker=Anonymous message sent before each onslaught}}Spam from December 2025 which uses a [https://ourworldoftext.com/pacmanscript script] by gimmickCellar. Since then the script has been adapted to replace the Pacmen with other symbols.<gallery widths="250" heights="250"> | ||
File:Pacman duplication.gif|An earlier instance of Pacmen spam from abusing a loophole in [[Mr. Black]]'s script ( | File:Pacman duplication.gif|An earlier instance of Pacmen spam from abusing a loophole in [[Mr. Black]]'s script (September 2024) | ||
File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 2.gif|December 8th, 2025 ( | File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 2.gif|December 8th, 2025 (Sped up 5x) | ||
File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 3.gif|December 8th, 2025 ( | File:Gimmickcellar pacman script 3.gif|December 8th, 2025 (Real time) | ||
File:Whatever go my clowns.gif|Clown version ( | File:Whatever go my clowns.gif|Clown version (December 12th, 2025) | ||
File:Mobile stickmen.gif|Stickmen version ( | File:Mobile stickmen.gif|Stickmen version (December 19th, 2025) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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A script by [[Schjessu]] that generates a variety of effects.<gallery widths="200" heights="300"> | A script by [[Schjessu]] that generates a variety of effects.<gallery widths="200" heights="300"> | ||
File:Storm script test structure.gif|Sped up 4x | File:Storm script test structure.gif|Sped up 4x | ||
File:Schjessu lightning test.png|In OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server] ( | File:Schjessu lightning test.png|In OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server] (December 15th, 2025) | ||
File:Lightning test 2.png|Cont. ( | File:Lightning test 2.png|Cont. (December 17th, 2025) | ||
File:Size 400 star.png|"STAR" function at maximum size ( | File:Size 400 star.png|"STAR" function at maximum size (December 17th, 2025) | ||
File:The pulsing insectoid mass.png| | File:The pulsing insectoid mass.png|the pulsing insectoid mass | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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<gallery widths="200" heights="120" mode="packed"> | <gallery widths="200" heights="120" mode="packed"> | ||
File:Script experimentation.png|Miscellaneous script experimentation | File:Script experimentation.png|Miscellaneous script experimentation | ||
File:Ege nuke test.png|By [[Ege]] (June 1st, 2023) | |||
File:Wtif spam.png|Coordinated spamming effort on [[WTIF]]'s world in 2023 | File:Wtif spam.png|Coordinated spamming effort on [[WTIF]]'s world in 2023 | ||
File:Langtons ant spam.png|[[wikipedia:Langton's_ant|Langton's ant]] script ( | File:Langtons ant spam.png|[[wikipedia:Langton's_ant|Langton's ant]] script (September 30th, 2024) | ||
File:Test server spawn november 24 2025.webp|The Spawn of OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server] ( | File:Test server spawn november 24 2025.webp|The Spawn of OWOT's [https://test.ourworldoftext.com test server] (November 24th, 2025) | ||
File:Test server spam prohibit.png|Test server spam by Prohibit ( | File:Test server spam prohibit.png|Test server spam by Prohibit (November 24th, 2025)<ref>"''this caused ~718 unique constraint errors''" - FP</ref> | ||
File:Scrambled polonez road.png|Script that scrambles characters within a large radius ( | File:Scrambled polonez road.png|Script that scrambles characters within a large radius (December 17th, 2025) | ||
File:Weird spam december 19 2025.png|December 19th, 2025 | File:Weird spam december 19 2025.png|December 19th, 2025 | ||
File:Banksy grid.png|By [[Banksy]] ( | File:Banksy grid.png|By [[Banksy]] (December 22nd, 2025) | ||
File:Aga spam 10.png|Assorted spam on [[Juno]]'s page on December 28th, 2025 | File:Aga spam 10.png|Assorted spam on [[Juno]]'s page on December 28th, 2025 | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="400" caption="Miscellaneous large-scale spam"> | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="400" caption="Miscellaneous large-scale spam"> | ||
File:Black spam august 28 2025.jpg|Large amounts of spam over Spawn on August 28th, 2025 | File:Black spam august 28 2025.jpg|Large amounts of spam over Spawn on August 28th, 2025 | ||
File:Sharty spam september 22 2025.png|Soyjak.party spam, extends ~80 coordinates up and down ( | File:Sharty spam september 22 2025.png|Soyjak.party spam, extends ~80 coordinates up and down (September 22nd, 2025) (Actually orchestrated by crystal.cafe) | ||
File:Test server spam prohibit 2.png|[[Large OWOT screenshots|Large screenshot]] of OWOT's test server ( | File:Test server spam prohibit 2.png|[[Large OWOT screenshots|Large screenshot]] of OWOT's test server (November 24th, 2025) | ||
File:Test server december 27 2025.png|The test server on December 27th, 2025 | File:Test server december 27 2025.png|The test server on December 27th, 2025 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||