In light of what just gone down...

It's my turn to make one!!

Leaving?

It's the question that everybody's probably asking their creators this.

sorry if you didn't want me to say this but... My answer is, practically yes.

Ever since my return with the "Boyfriend Effect", the things that I've said in that announcement; the conditions and pacing that I've made for myself here, it was supposed to last for a while as long as I felt motivated to be here. And, well, lately, I haven't been, far before this entire moderation thing.

And don't worry, the moderation thing isn't the main reason why I'm leaving. Though, in a way, it did the leaving part for me, I guess? lmao

I've been always thinking of leaving Janitor for a while now. Not another hiatus, but just to detach from it. I've come to realize that having Janitor AI as a place where your work is found is... kinda embarrassing in a way? idk how to explain it-

AI Chatbots and my writing

It's weird, I gave myself a reason to stay here and it's to connect with y'all with my stories. Lately though, I've started to drift away from AI-related things. AI chatbots aren't so bad compared to generative AI for writing and image-gen, a lot of people defended. Maybe that still is the case but, tbh it's not really satisfying, to give out a premise for AI to take and make its own stories. Great for a narrative standpoint for others but, not within my control for my own stories.

Maybe that's because I'm using AI Chatbots wrong, they're designed to roleplay with characters in general, not to make an entire storyline out of, though it's still possible. It's why, even though I'm avoiding AI chatbots from now on, if I do come back (emphasis on if), it won't feature my stories, but just ordinary characters.

Also, well, it's gotten quite tiring to be here. The Drama, the way the algorithm works. It feels as if, this place is only becoming more of a petri dish for libido. Not a place for my stories to be in, especially when my goal is to emotionally connect with others through them.

Alternatives

Maybe that's because I'm using AI Chatbots wrong, they're designed to roleplay with characters in general, not to make an entire storyline out of, though it's still possible. It's why, even though I'm avoiding AI chatbots from now on, if I do come back (emphasis on if), it won't feature my stories, but just ordinary characters.

Stories in general are for a better website, and that would be somewhere like Wattpad (will definitely try to focus on this more if I can) or I think Unvale? Haven't explored it that much but will definitely try. Toyhouse... don't know how to register or where to get an invite code.

Bluesky, and maybe even FurAffinity (as suggested by a friend), are also potential places that I may be active on.

Will I ever use those uh, whatchamacall it websites, the donating-for-support websites (like pateron or kofi)? Most likely if I'm branching away from just Ai Chatbots, I'll have more reasons to give member-exclusive content, I guess? -w-

I don't know a lot of sites to branch to, and I'm not really confident in going to somewhere new. In any case, the discord server is the place where I announce where I will be, or maybe the discord server will be where I share my stuff from now on.

Discord

In the process rn, I am revamping my discord server to have a lot of different parts of my stuff. I was doing this before the whistleblower mod announcement, but I don't have a lot of time to really do a lot about it. I'm still in progress of revamping it. So, it's no longer a Janitor AI server, but a Shoko server. I don't know how much it'll take but I do have it in progress.

So, if you'd like to still be in touch with me and my work, the discord is in my profile, still some place that you can see my stuff if you're interested :]

I think that's all.

I'm very forgetful so if there's some things you still want to know, I can answer them!

tldr;

Yes, I am leaving Janitor AI, for now.

No, I'm not going to an alternative AI Chatbot site, I'm trying to break away from AI Chatbots altogether.

Yes, I'll still be making my stories and improving my art, but not here. You'll find more in my discord and there is where you can see where I decide to be active on now.

Will be turning invites off soon, to fix the onboarding. So, don't worry if that happens!

And even if I leave, I won't forget about you guys, thank you for all the support. I greatly appreciate everyone I've made friends with and those who supported me, and I wish I could bring you all with me because you all are just so awesome! But, I know that I'm not the one to make that call.

the way i watched creator after creator announcing their leave as i was in the progress of making this... sigh, im so slow- Yeah, sorry if this is disheartening of any to hear this -w-;

In any case, I wish you all a good life. For real this time, I won't be creating on this platform anymore :)

It's also the first time I ever showed my fursona. I introduce to you; 5H0K0! An "Entertainment Engine" :)

(also this image was rushed, i only started on it like 4 hours ago, sorry if it looks kinda bad/weird -w-;)

Discord Server ready!

We're ready to accept those willing to come in again :]