hii everyone :) lately I’ve been dealing with writer’s block and a lot of stress from college, so i took a short break from the site. i came back hoping to find some inspiration or just ease back into writing, but instead I was met with multiple creators announcing that they were leaving jai due to the current situation surrounding the platform.

i wasn’t even aware of the situation before, so i went looking for context. i read one particular post from a former mod, it explains everything that’s been circulating. if you haven’t seen it yet, i encourage you to read it: click here.

i was once a character ai creator (a quite small one, it was harder to gain recognition there.) and i quit precisely because of repeated issues with the developers, it created a suffocating environment. when i moved to janitor ai, i genuinely believed that it was a better alternative with a healthy environment.

finding out that this wasn’t the case greatly disappointed me. i know im just some other creator in this sea of writers, but i wish to talk about how if feel towards this issue too.

i used to he frustrated with how inconsistent the moderation was, sanctions made on my bots in the past, it was so confusing. but now i see that the mods are not to blame for this.

understaffed moderation, constant rule changes, inconsistent enforcement, privileges to larger creators. moderators being thrown under the bus while having little to no actual power....

they don’t even get paid. moderating a massive site like janitor ai is volunteer work somehow? thats just so unfair.

as a creator, this puts me in a really uncomfortable position. i care about the things i write.. the community (albeit small) that ive built here, the positive reviews i get here that remind me of how my work, in a way, be it small or big, benefits others.

im not announcing anything dramatic or telling anyone what to do, i just felt it was important to acknowledge what’s happening right now and not pretend like everything’s okay. im not planning on quitting this site, though this really bummed me out and didn’t exactly give me the inspiration i initially wanted to find....

currently im taking some time to think on where i stand, what feels ethical to support, whether i should stay here at all.

thank you to every one of my 1,5k followers who have supported me all the way, your support means a lot more to me than you would know.

please take care of yourselves 🤍

— yours truly, archaiclight / solya.