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{{Infobox website
{{Infobox website
| name = TextWall
| name = TextWall
| logo = TextWall logo.png
| logo = Twlogo.jpg
| screenshot = Screenshot of TextWall spawn taken on November 20, 2024.png
| screenshot = Textwall_jun_2024.png
| caption = TextWall on November 20, 2024
| caption = TextWall in 2024
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2020|2}}
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2020|2}}
| dissolved = {{Start date and age|2024|6|9}}
| creator = [https://duckgroup.xyz Duck]
| creator = [https://duckgroup.xyz Duck]
| url = https://textwall.cc
| url = https://textwall.cc
}}
}}
'''[https://textwall.cc TextWall]''' was a text canvas website launched in February 2020 by [https://duckgroup.xyz Duck]. It has some advantages to [[OWOT]], such as a modern and intuitive graphical user interface, different fonts, smooth scrolling and everyone's cursors visible without a nametag script, but also some disadvantages such as the limited number of colors, and the text canvas being so much smaller than OWOT's. TextWall has been shut down indefinitely as of 2025.
== Introduction ==
'''[https://textwall.cc TextWall]''' was a text canvas website launched in February 2020 by [https://duckgroup.xyz Duck]. It had some advantages to [[OWOT]], such as a modern and intuitive graphical user interface, different fonts, smooth scrolling and everyone's cursors visible without a nametag script, but also some disadvantages such as the limited number of colors, and the text canvas being so much smaller than OWOT's. TextWall is no longer under development as of June 2024.


Users who use the website are called "textwallers" by OWOT users.
Users who used the website used to be called "textwallers" by OWOT users.


== Controversy ==
== Controversy ==
Many OWOTers (especially anons) dislike Textwall, even going as far as making death threats to Textwall users and spamming the website using scripts. Each anti-Textwaller has their own reason for disliking Textwall. Many dislike the site because of its younger user base which comes onto OWoT and “ruins it”.
Many OWoTers (especially anons) dislike Textwall, even going to the extent of making death threats to Textwall users and spamming the website using scripts. Each anti-Textwaller has their own reason for disliking Textwall. Many dislike the site because of its younger user base which comes onto OWoT and “ruins it”.


== Feature set (aka. TODO list) ==
== Feature set ==
* Limited colors
* Instant loading speed
** 15 colors from 2020 to April 2022 (the r/place 2017 palette minus white)
* Serverless architecture
** 31 colors since April 2022 (the r/place 2022 palette minus white)
* Ownerless operating model
* Text protection
* Cheap operating cost
** Precise text protection (added in July 2023)
* Zero moderation needed
* Text copying (added in 2021)
** Ability to copy colors as well (added in 2022)
** Ability to copy text decorations (added in late 2022(?))
* Registration (added in 2021)
* Smooth momentum
* Menu on top left
** Paste button for mobile (added in 2023(?))
** Home button - jump to spawn or center of a user world
** Copy character
** Open palette
** Open settings
** Day/night button
*** Ability to set custom background and text color
** Warp to coordinates or a user page/world
* Asynchronous renderer
* Ability to set your client's font
** Various monospace fonts
*** Inconsolata, Courier, Cuisine, etc.
*** Fixedsys (pixelated)
** Various bitmap fonts
*** Terminus
*** IBM-VGA
*** Fixed
*** Unifont
* Chatbox (added in 2021/22, put on hold in 2023)
* Text decorations (added in September(?) 2022)
** Can right click to see B/I/U/S markup
*** Animation to the context menu added in summer 2023)
* Symbols for Legacy Computing (added in September(?) 2022)
** Used font file for all symbols
** Removed in January 2023
** Re-added in July 2023
*** All symbols are rendered in code
**** Includes all box-drawing characters
* Ability to see user's cursors
** Cursors gained smooth panning in 2021(?)
** Nametags under cursors
** Ability to hide other user's cursors
** Ability to become anonymous
* User walls (added in 2022)
** Ability to protect text
*** Member areas
*** Owner areas (added in July 2023)
** Ability to manage members
** Ability to make wall read-only
** Ability to see all of a user's walls
*** Ability to make wall unlisted (added in 2023)
* Client obfuscation
** Became more rigorously obfuscated in early August 2023
** Efforts to hinder Devtools occurred in late July 2023
* Pinch to zoom on mobile
** Improved on/near August 7, 2023, can now zoom in precisely
* Captcha is required to access the website (began in June 2023)


== Closure incidents ==
== Closure incidents ==


=== November 2021 ===
=== November 2021 ===
On November 1st, 2021, TextWall briefly shut down for a few hours. It was reported that the lead developer lost interest in the website in the spur of the moment after some spamming raids. Shortly after the server went down, the DNS records for the site and its derivatives were deleted and TextWall was removed from the DuckGroup website. After the website was reinstated, the main page was mostly erased, and only registered users could write on any page. Registration was closed for a while.
On November 1st, 2021, TextWall briefly shut down for a few hours. It was reported that the lead developer lost interest in the website in the spur of the moment after some spamming raids. Shortly after the server went down, the DNS records for textwall.cc and its derivatives were deleted and TextWall was removed from the DuckGroup website. After the website was reinstated, the main page was mostly erased, and only registered users could write on any page. Registration was closed for a while.


=== June 2023 ===
=== June 2023 ===
On June 24th, 2023, TextWall briefly shut down again until the next morning. This is assumed to have occurred in the spur of the moment right after a battle between two scripters ([[falling1]] and [[KKosty4ka]]). Shortly after the server went down, the site's DNS records were deleted. After the website was reinstated, only whitelisted users could access the site. The next day, access was granted to everybody, and a CAPTCHA to access the website was added.
On June 24th, 2023, TextWall briefly shut down again until the next morning. This is assumed to have occurred in the spur of the moment right after a battle with two scripters ([[falling1]] and [[KKosty4ka]]). Shortly after the server went down, the DNS records for textwall.cc were deleted. After the website was reinstated, only whitelisted users could access the site. The next day, access was granted to everybody, and a CAPTCHA to access the website was added.


=== June 2024 ===
=== June 2024 ===
On June 9th, 2024, TextWall briefly shut down following instances of [https://soyjak.party/ soyjak.party] users flocking to it. Several worlds were created, most filled with braille pastes and the usual Soyjak markings. The site was restored on June 13th with
On June 9th, 2024, TextWall shut down following instances of soyjak.party members flocking to it. Several worlds were created with most being filled with braille pastes and the usual Soyjak markings.
{{Blockquote|
Welcome to TextWall
Sorry for the downtime}}
written in the center. Additional features included an Explore tab in the settings panel which lets users search for publicly listed worlds under a given username, and the lack of ability to see the total number of users site-wide.
 
== External links ==
* [https://textwall.fandom.com/ TextWall Fandom]
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