Juxt

Juxt (short for Juxtaposition) is a Miiverse replacement powered by Pretendo Network. On Pretendo's servers, it replaces Miiverse on both the Wii U and 3DS, and sports a different user interface. Development for Juxt is led by Jemma of the Pretendo Network team, with others such as quarky also working on it. Juxt was available in a read-only mode on web browsers under portal.olv.pretendo.cc/communities for the Wii U version and ctr.olv.pretendo.cc/communities for the 3DS version, though authentication was needed. The link to this version of Juxt was changed to juxt.pretendo.cc, which would later be changed to the current link, juxt.pretendo.network.

History

In early 2019, Jemma, a member of Pretendo Network, contacted fellow Pretendo Network member quarky about their Miiverse server which had support for Splatoon Plaza posts, with the intention of taking the software and using it to generate files for the Wara Wara Plaza on the Wii U's home menu. Eventually, the Pretendo Network team started experimenting with the Miiverse applet, and soon creating a Miiverse replacement became one of Pretendo Network's priorities. Work on Juxt would continue to grow in 2020, with its web interface and features on both the 3DS and Wii U rapidly expanding.

On May 14, 2020, Jemma uploaded demo footage to YouTube of a Pretendo Network Miiverse replacement that would eventually be known as Juxt. On October 3, 2020, she would also post a 3DS UI demo for Juxt. In mid November of 2020, Jemma uploaded more footage showcasing communities, posts, and user profiles on the Wii U version of Juxt.

On January 1, 2021, the Pretendo Network YouTube channel uploaded a demo for patching the Wii U to use Juxt.

On March 1, 2021, Juxt was hacked by a user known as Murilo, though the site appeared to have been hacked by BOUNCING, a group Murilo was likely associated with. Under the name PF2M (though not actually the real PF2M), Murilo claimed to have hacked both the 3DS and Wii U versions of Juxt on kokomo-paradise.gq.  Murilo changed the description for the guest user page multiple times, including adding a link to a now-defunct site known as "Bounciiverse" under bounciiverse.bouncing.net. The content of the site is unknown, but it is likely that Bounciiverse was either a Miiverse clone or a forum.

On September23, 2021, a new demonstration of Juxt was posted on the Pretendo Network YouTube channel, showcasing functionality with the Wii U's Wara Wara Plaza.

On September 29, 2021, Jemma released a blog post about Juxt on the Pretendo Network website. In this post, Jemma talked about the history of Juxt, including several YouTube videos. The blog post also goes over the features that work with Juxt, as well as features that are still being worked on. It also shows images of Juxt on both the Wii U and 3DS, showcasing multiple features such as the communities tab, the screen for making a new post, and user pages.

First Public Beta

From November 29 to at least December 2, 2021, a public beta of Pretendo Network's servers was launched, which included Juxt.  The Pretendo Network Twitter account tweeted about the public beta. While the tweet received mostly positive reception, some former Miiverse clone users were upset the news that a new replacement for Miiverse was online, citing the negative experiences on Miiverse clones such as Closedverse.

Third Public Beta

On September 19, 2022, the servers for Pretendo Network were opened to the public once again, with one of the services being a public beta of Juxt. The public beta was meant to last until the end of the year.

To address spam posts that contained a lot of characters, Juxt's character limit was set to 280 characters, with previous posts being shortened to that limit.

On September 21, 2022, Juxt went offline due to issues with the Wara Wara Plaza freezing when invalid Unicode chracters and custom images on Juxt attemped to be displayed. It was apparently a common misconception that the user Komfudo caused Juxt to shut down, as he posted the entire script to the Bee Movie in a single post. However, this post ultimately did not break the servers, and was deleted prior to the shutdown.

On February 1, 2023, to commemorate Pretendo Network's anniversary, a public beta of Pretendo Network was opened for one month. This did not include Juxt, however, which was still only available to testers.

During the period when Juxt was closed to the public, Jemma would host YouTube and Twitch livestreams of her development on Juxt. She held Juxt development streams on March 12, April 7, August 1, and August 5, 2023.

Fourth Public Beta

On December 3, 2023, Jemma made an announcement on the Pretendo Network Discord server that Juxt was once again reopened. The public beta for Juxt was meant to end alongside Pretendo's public beta at the end of February 2024, but the beta has since been extended until the end of March.

During this reopening, Juxt was made available for the Wii U and 3DS, as well as on mobile. Posts and communities can be viewed via browser, but otherwise a user cannot post on the site.

On January 1, 2024 at around 9:30 PM PST, a user known as Omey was able to gain access to the Pretendo Admin Panel. According to Omey, this breach was done out of revenge for a "Juxt piracy ban". Following this breach, Omey banned a moderator known as Imora, promoted random users to the "Developer" status, and created a community known as "Omey Corp". Several minutes after this occurred, the admin panel and Juxt itself went down.  The following day, at around 12:40 PM PST, Juxt was brought back up by Jemma, with all the changes made by Omey being reverted.