ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Where do I start...

Someone made me aware that my bots definitions got stolen and put on another site. I don't want to advertise it but I will say that, according to their own words, they specifically made this site to spite users that hide their definitions, hosting thousands of bots there. I also deleted that person's comment because I really don't want that site to have more attention, so if that follower is seeing this, I'm really sorry for doing that, and thank you for making me aware.

I put a lot of work into making my bots as accurate as possible, constantly changing definitions with each one. Seeing as there's no way to take down that site, I've decided to stop making them all together. I'll keep the ones I have up, proxy included: again, the bots are scraped already, so I see no point in taking them down on my end.

I'm really sorry I couldn't write all those other requests. You guys had amazing ideas, and I'm glad I could fulfill some of them. In general, I'm really grateful for how kind and supportive this community has been. You are awesome.

Thank you so much for everything, and have a good day/night.

UPDATE:

Hello, everyone! I just spent all day with my family. It was nice... And it made me think back on this whole situation.

I'm the type of person that, unfortunately, is super impulsive. When that follower warned me about this, my first instinct was to just run away. I... Ok, I hate to admit this, but it really made me depressed. Even if it's just a hobby, it's still one that has brought me a lot of joy, and it was soul crushing to have that joy taken away.

Anyway, when I made this announcement, I meant it. Hence why it hurt so much in the first place. I couldn't even bring myself to reply to comments... but I did read them. People I've never seen before telling me that they would miss me, or that I'm their favourite bot creator. It made me realize that my joy wasn't just in creating these scenarios, but in sharing them with people who could enjoy them as well.

Not only that, but, looking back on the site, I've realized how unknown it is. I'll give an example. A bot with 10k chats... only had 50 views and 1 download. My last bot had 5 downloads, which made sense: lots of people reporting on this site, so it spiked.

Which is why I want to say something to other bot creators. DO NOT BRING ATTENTION TO THIS SITE. It just makes the situation worse. I'm not happy about this either, still... but my point is that, at least for now, most people really don't care that much for it.

So, uhm... screw it! I've decided to keep going. For good. I have too many ideas (and requests) to just stop like this. I feel very motivated thinking about it like that, and it's like a weight has been taken off my chest. Of course, if you see my bots on any other site, you're free to report them to me. But I no longer care about my definitions getting leaked if it's like... 3 ants seeing them. Maybe one day that site will become bigger than Janitor, and I'll be like "Announcement N.2"!... Hah.

But seriously. Thank you. For your words, for the support, for the kindness... everything. I love this fandom, and I love contribuiting to it, and I love people on this site. Even someone who doesn't use my bots was super kind to me. I genuinely think most people here are good. And while what has happened is terrible for every bot creator, we can keep going.

The only change that I'll make is this: every image on my bots will be watermarked from now on. Nothing excessive, but still. You may think "Dee, can't they just use another image?" and yeah, they can. But from what I've seen on other sites, people who copy bots usually don't even bother changing the cover image. They're that lazy.

Proxy will remain turned on. Not only because I'm pretty sure even those with proxy turned off are getting scraped, but also because I often use my bots for myself, and there's no way I'm letting go of my deepseek.

That's about it! I'll publish a bot later today. It won't be a Vox one... you'll end up surprised, I think :) Thanks for reading and for being with me! Love you. And... Sorry for the scare, too. I feel bad for making people feel sad, but I'm also glad I could go through this scenario. Means I'll be more prepared for it next time, I think? Yeah.