let’s just say i found a bot that looks a little too familiar. i’m not sayinf anyone can’t use the same trope of course they can but i'm talking about the bot itself, the background/concept, some matching scenarios and even the appearance/photo... the worst part is that this isn't even the first time something like this has happened. it happened with other bot before too, and i was already incredibly frustrated back then. we're all small creators trying to build our own spaces, so i really don't understand why someone would choose to make something so similar to another person's work instead of creating something of their own...
i've spent so much time creating my characters, putting effort into their personalities and all that, only to keep finding bots waaaay too similar with my own work. it's genuineely exhausting to put so much effort into something just to see someone else replicate it. at some point it starts making you wonder why you even bother creating anything in the first place. one of my followers sent me screenshots of the bot, and i legit lost it. what made eme even angrier is that i've reported these situations before, but nothing ever gets done about them. like, what's even the point of reporting anything if nothing happens? i'm tired of having to deal with the same shit over and over again while the people doing it move on like nothing happened. i got so fed up that i impulsively deleted every single bot i had. partly because i thought that if i took them all down, no one would be able to copy them anymore. yeah i know that was an emotional decision (no shit T.T) but that's how angry and discouraged i'd become. and honestly i'm still pissed. the screenshots alone are enough to make me lose my shit all over again.
the good news is that i still have backups of all my characters, so they're not gone forever. i might bring them back sometime next year, but i'm not making any promises just yet. right now i need to take a step back from janitor ai and focus on myself instead of constantly stressing over something that's supposed to be fun for me. i don't want creating characters to become something i dread because i'm always waiting for someone else to copy my work.
i also want to apologize to everyone who enjoyed my characters and suddenly lost access to them because of my impulsive decision. i know that probably came out of nowhere and i'm sorry for that. i really appreciate everyone who read and likes my bots. i was just angry and tired of dealing with the same situation repeatedly. that being said i still have a bot ready to be posted, and i think i'll share it with you guys next week as a little gift. i don't want to make any promises beyond that for now, but i didn't want to leave without saying anything about what happened. also i’m not naming anyone and i don’t want anyone harrassing anyone, please don’t go looking for accounts or bots.
thank you for sticking around >.< <3
