Does anyone know if this is true?

try interpreting to what he's saying , again

@Catherol_Zura I figured it out the 4th time I read it

it was very confusing to me , I posted too quick lol I apologize!

Rule #1: Ignore the folk in Piratefolk. Every "folk" subreddit is toxic and meant to criticize any series they target to the extreme ends. Piratefolk used to be a place to reasonably criticize One Piece, but it's been ruined since to the point that they do nothing but endlessly nitpick and talk about how much they hate the current state of One Piece and Oda. I understand One Piece is not perfect, but there is no real constructive criticism to be found there anymore. I haven't looked at the posts you linked, but some of what they say is also not backed up by a source online, so there are plenty of trolls in there who love to make up information and incite hatred for the sake of it. Essentially, it's an extremely hate-filled echo chamber where you will hear nothing but negativity about One Piece. If you try to refute any one thing, you will be mocked, silenced, and downvoted to oblivion.

As for planning out the beginning and middle, Oda has already written out the general story of One Piece for his editors in case he dies prematurely. To my knowledge, Wano at least was planned from the very beginning, but he often makes changes and modifies things all the time. For instance, the Worst generation was something planned on the spot, and it set his schedule behind. Now, I can't even imagine the world of One Piece without them. For a story as long as One Piece, it's unreasonable to expect the writer to have every single detail and arc planned out from the start. Oda has done his very best with what he's created.

@MiraStraussFan99
Oda only has a rough outline of what will happen. That doesn't make him any less of a genius though. Don’t let the people in Pirate Folk ruin your fun.

Evidence:
• In the summer of 2022, he took a month-long break specifically to plan the final stage of the story.
• Back in 2015, Oda shared a photo of some of his planning notebooks. While he only showed the covers, they were meant to tease the then-upcoming Kaido and Big Mom arcs.
• In an interview, Oda mentioned that the Eleven Supernovas were created almost on the spot after his editor suggested the Sabaody Arc might be too boring without new characters.

Oh come on, he didn't know everything from the beginning and you know what? IT MAKES HIM EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE
Knowing everything from the begining is cool, but figuring out new ideas and finding out how to connect them to the story you thought of and making it feel natural and making it so everyone is suprised to learn it wasn't the original plan (hell the supernovas were created in like a day) is so much more impressive, the amount of respect I have for Oda for this without being a one piece fanis so high for his insane improvisation skills, they are way more impressive than writing an outline and just going after it for years like a machine