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=== Written World === | === Written World === | ||
[https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Written_World Written World] was a 2011 YWOT clone whose canvas used a real world street map for its background. In addition to basic YWOT features, users were able to change their text colors and the direction they typed in(''i.e. you could set it so that you typed downwards or backwards by default''). The creator also assigned animations to actions like typing and deleting, intending to encourage "constructive construction" by making | [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Written_World Written World] was a 2011 YWOT clone whose canvas used a real world street map for its background. In addition to basic YWOT features, users were able to change their text colors and the direction they typed in(''i.e. you could set it so that you typed downwards or backwards by default''). The creator also assigned animations to actions like typing and deleting, intending to encourage "constructive construction" by making edits feel more engaging. Other utilities included an "echoing" feature that was "analogous to upvoting" and allowed users to "add permanence" to content they thought was good. | ||
Written World's main gimmick was that it took place on a real world street map generated using 250+ GBs of data from [https://planet.openstreetmap.org Planet OSM]. Each user spawned in at their IRL locations and could use the UI to see other players in their proximity. The purpose of the experiment was to "create a bridge between the physical and virtual," and to see what people would do when put on a map, in their actual locations, with no further context. | Written World's main gimmick was that it took place on a real world street map generated using 250+ GBs of data from [https://planet.openstreetmap.org Planet OSM]. Each user spawned in at their IRL locations and could use the UI to see other players in their proximity. The purpose of the experiment was to "create a bridge between the physical and virtual," and to see what people would do when put on a map, in their actual locations, with no further context. | ||
The site was created by Zack Shwartz as his | The site was created by Zack Shwartz as his [https://itp.nyu.edu/itp/ Interactive Telecommunications Program] thesis. Its central idea was previously conceived during a group project for [[wikipedia:Clay_Shirky|Clay Shirky's]] Designing Conversational Spaces class. | ||
Written World was | Written World was shut down roughly one year after its launch, owing mostly to cost issues and the author's inexperience with programming.<ref>https://zachschwartz.com/work/writtenworld/</ref><gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Writtenworld.jpg | File:Writtenworld.jpg | ||
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