Summer of 2015
dzeni: Anyone remembers ywot in the summer of 2015?
fp: Yes. The dark times
kate: I remember spending ages trying to make a python bot to paste on the server before I realised there was a command for it in js.
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grady964: what happened summer of 2015
grady964: just deadness?
dzeni: Quite the opposite
dzeni: It may have caused the deadness to some extent though
dzeni: scripts got leaked left and right, worlds getting spammed like there's no tomorrow.
The Summer of 2015 was a period of heavy spam that led Andrew Badr to reset Mainpage on July 15th, 2015.[1]
Its aftermath can be found at https://www.yourworldoftext.com/frontpage/~andrew/5, which contains a copy of the entire Mainpage up to the day of the reset.
Discord Messages Collection[edit | edit source]
https://www.yourworldoftext.com/~akumetsu/an_offer
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From the OWOT Discord -
From the OWOT Discord regarding the 2015 Spammer's age
Notable Spam[edit | edit source]
Aftermaths of the Summer of 2015, as seen in https://www.yourworldoftext.com/frontpage/~andrew/5.
Exclamation Mark Desert[edit | edit source]
One of the most prominent fixtures of Spam Central in 2015, the Exclamation Mark Desert extends 334 - 350 coordinates on all sides.
"Diagonal Spam"[edit | edit source]
The Diagonal Spam is the name many use for the massive rows of scripted text that reads "FUCK YOU SHIT CUNT N***ER BITCH SLUT WHORE FA**OT JEW."
It extends 20 coordinates on all sides in the 2015 Archive, but could also be seen on countless subworlds where it usually covers everything in a 32 coordinates radius. By 2024, most traces of this spam has been removed(Ex. from /hELP), though it can still be seen on a decent number of worlds(Ex. /~inconspicuousnoise, /~Dzeni/5minutetest).
ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US[edit | edit source]
Has been around ever since the site's infancy, as seen in this 2009 video.
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