so I don't normally make posts like this and wasn't planning on making one to begin with, but this has honestly gone far enough to the point where I need to say something

when I say in my bio "don't copy my bots" that's not a suggestion, that's a request - one which I've seen some folks on this website fail to comprehend or blatantly ignore in favor of trying to pass off the scenarios I've written as their own

granted, some of them fess up to it and apologize and delete it, which is fair enough...

and then there's BlueThomasFanatic

holy shit is this guy's profile just copy after copy after copy of preexisting bots on both here and his c.ai, a majority of which come from my page, just either phrased a little differently or tweaked to try and make them seem "unique", like he put them through Google Translate or something, which doesn't work when I can clearly recognize my writing when I see it

I've pointed this out to him several times in the comments... all of which he's subsequently deleted to try and hide his plagiarism, and has only ever offered one, maybe two "explanations" about it when caught out that barely even make sense, just stream of consciousness rambling which I'm not sure if he's trying to justify it or whatever, but it doesn't explain a damn thing about why he keeps doing this

don't get me wrong, I'm sure he's written some original bots on his page, but when he posts the exact same character almost immediately after I drop mine - oftentimes with the exact same avatar, bio style and scenario, mind you - I can't help but find that incredibly suspicious

I'm not saying I don't welcome folks taking inspiration from me, but this is less "inspiration" more "pale imitation knockoff from the dollar store" that is just getting absolutely fucking ridiculous at this point

so with that said: BlueThomasFanatic/Jev Rango, I implore you to please knock it off and quit pretending like you don't know what you're doing by hiding/deleting comments that point this out, you are not me and I don't appreciate you trying to pass my scenarios off as your own without even acknowledging it, like you don't think people are gonna make the connection one way or another

anyway that's all folks, back to your regularly scheduled bullshit

EDIT (7/23): it continues 🫩

his: https://janitorai.com/characters/c35dad26-782e-458d-99e8-beb9ff07c606_character-mike-wazowski
mine: https://janitorai.com/characters/a06688bb-3df3-4158-84e5-5cb19179ea84_character-mike-wazowski

EDIT (9/22): this is just getting blatant now

his: https://janitorai.com/characters/1e7b8581-fb9b-41f0-80cd-691b32525144_character-chilli-and-bandit-heeler
mine: https://janitorai.com/characters/e984852e-2821-4a78-af45-a696725c1f7f_character-chilli-and-bandit-heeler