Hey everyone, it's your favorite (or least favorite) freakazoid here! I'm back from my break. Though to be honest it wasn't much of a break... I mean it was! But it wasn't... I still used the site a bit while I was gone. Not as much as I normally do but still a bit. Things have changed a good bit while I was semi gone. For better and for the worse. And to be honest, things have also changed with me ...for better and for the worse.

Things aren't bad, don't worry. I'm doing fine. It's just that these past couple of weeks have taught me a lot about myself, y'know? I've done some reflecting. On myself as a person, on my content on JanitorAI, on the site as a whole, and just on what I prioritize.

I'll be blatantly honest on that last point, but making bots has started to become less and less of a priority for me. At least, making public bots. I've been working on stuff for personal use, and I really enjoy that. But making these bots for y'all, while I still enjoy it, just seems like something that I'd like to invest less time in. I'm really sorry for how disappointing that may sound. Let me say, this has absolutely nothing to do with y'all. You guys are my biggest supporters. It's beyond crazy that I've got over 4.5k (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) followers. 4.5k people who enjoy what I do.

The reason public bot making is becoming less of a priority is partly just due to my own interests and also because of... well, the aformentioned changes this site has done. From what I've seen things have gotten a lot stricter. A lot stricter in ways that I don't think I can really deal with for the content that I like to make. I know I said that when NSFW images were first banned, but I was still able to get away with at least some expression. But now it just seems like anything I do might get my bot and/or my account nuked. And that's just something that I can't stand for personally. I've just got less of an interest in treading super carefully like I'm being watched by the CIA 24/7.

The obvious answer to this and something I've seen suggested a lot is to just switch to another site. That would be easier but again, it just goes deeper than this. I'm just not really enjoying bot making as much anymore. This break has really helped me understand that. I have so many ideas for things but I think I'd like to prioritize using my creativity for more productive and important measures. Taking that energy and using it to develop my own personal stories and characters and ideas instead of making fart and shit AI chat bots on a site that seems to be spiraling downhill.

Now will I fully stop making bots? No. Again, I've still got unfinished business. I haven't told you guys this, but at the beginning of the year I told myself that my goal was to hit 5k followers before I retired. And though we might be close, we sure as hell still haven't reached that. And I will continue to uphold that promise. And I won't be like Ceeday where I say I'll keep up the grind until I reach a goal and then just disappear off the face of the Earth (those who get that reference know ball). As he himself said. There might be rough patches where you don't see me for a while. But until I can reach that goal of [5k], there's no way I'm going to just quit forever. I will be back again and again. Maybe I'll try something new, who knows. But [JanitorAI]. You're gonna have to ban me to stop me from trying. But like I actually keep my promise unlike him...

In OTHER news. And actually great news from JanitorAI, Public Chats are back! Hooray! This is actually a feature that I've loved so much and have wanted back for a while! It's pretty minor in all honesty but reading y'alls chats with my bots was so freaking sweet lmao. I loved just seeming the ratchet, the wholesome, and anything in between that y'all would cook up. This might be selfish and personal, but I'd love if you guys made some of your chats with my bots public! It'd be nice for me to just read them. Obviously I understand most people probably don't want this stuff out there for the whole world to see which I totally understand. There's no need to make what should be private public. But if you have no shame, I'd be really curious and interested in reading your guys' chats lol!

Something else I'd like to share with y'all is a sheet I made before my little break. Heavily inspired by JanitorAI's own planning spreadsheet (lowkenuinely just duplicated their sheet and made it my own lmao), but it's a sheet I had to just sorta lay out my ideas and whatnot. There's genuinely over a hundred bots saved there. Being fully transparent, MOST OF THOSE BOTS WILL NOT BE MADE. But it was something that I thought would be useful to me and also to you guys. It'll kinda let you know what bots might be coming soon and what I'm prioritizing. It's nothing too fancy or too detailed. But I'll drop it here for you guys!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J0jh4kwNq-F1tuJM4haXNdqfet9cZ0cMpi0CVfglXII/edit?usp=sharing

Lastly, and this isn't fully done but just a cool little heads up, but I'm planning on holding a bot making event sometime in the future! It's one of those things that a lot of creators that I look up to have held, and I want to get in on that action too. I admittedly don't really have anything as a prize because I'm a #brokebitch except for shout outs and stuff, but I think it'll just be a fun time to have with everyone! Make bots, submit them to the event, and just enjoy and appreciate everyone's work. I'll keep y'all updated on that!

That pretty much wraps up everything I've wanted to talk about on my return. Thank you all so much for your continued support. I have 48 freaking missed notifications lmao which I gotta get through. You all wished me well so much when I first dropped my break, and I'll do my best to be with you all for as long as possible. Thank you so much for making JanitorAI a special place for me. Despite everything I've said, it is nice to be back. See you all in the next bot! Stay freaky!