#ban the bots

[atrociousrat]

Hey, @staff. Get the porn bots out of ace tags. They don't wanna see that shit.

Actually scratch that NO ONE wants to see that shit.

If you support the aro/ace communities, be a dear and make your own posts about this issue so that tumblr gets the message already. It's fucking ridiculous that the staff hasn't done anything about it yet.

[xrns]

@staff

i can't believe i have to make this post again, but god damnit, do something about the fucking bots. They're not our responsibility to manage

Also reminder!! They are minors on this site!!! Myself included!!!

BAN THE BOTS

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

I’m not racist but…

If you look like these guys and try following my blog you’re getting blocked

[jonasiapie]

oh no the bots are coming back

[brax-was-here]

Massivegui started following me...

"My gui is massive, son!"

[girlwiththegreenhat]

team fortress 2 finally getting rid of the bots after 5 years

work on the team fortress 2 comic continuing after 7+ years

half life 3 development looking more likely than ever with legitimate code, file, and voicework leaks referencing a new non-VR single-player game from valve featuring a HEV suit wearing protagonist and Xen creatures and concepts

shoutout to the valve fan that found the genie lamp. you a real one

[blkkizzat]

how to successfully report and remove your stolen fic on c.ai:

aka don't use fics for c.ai bots... a story of a c.ai creator who fucked around & found out:

for any other author who gets their shit stolen by ai bots on c.ai this is what you need to do:

create an c.ai account

submit a support ticket

choose DMCA & Counter Notice as the issue

under "additional information" you must provide the following: — a description of your fic that is being infringed (where you published it, date, where you post, under what names, etc) — a description of the bot that is infringing your work (include name of bot, what parts it is infringing and author's name at minimum). — a statement that you are the copyright holder have not authorized use of your property/fic in this manner nor given it to the author of the bot.

you will have to give your contact info including your full legal name, address and telephone number

provide the link to your original work (where you published it first) and the link to the bot.

Attachments (up to 5 allowed): — IMPORTANT: make sure at least one of these attachments is an electronic signature using your full legal name. i used this site to get one for free (i attached both signed and typed). — the other attachments I used to show proof of my fic vs their bot and the exact word for word similarities. and also when they blatantly said they were reuploading the bot on their profile which is likely why c.ai banned the rest of their bots.

extra tips:

if your ticket submission is successful you will get an email with a ticket number.

c.ai is pretty responsive (1-2 business days) so i would give it that long before submitting a new ticket.

you must submit EVERYTHING as I have wrote it or they will ask you to resubmit an entirely new ticket. following up with missing info did not work.

if the bot gets reuploaded you still have to submit an entirely new ticket (make sure to save and reference your old ticket number in new ticket).

everything i wrote here can be found under their tos in the DMCA section

hope this helps others authors. feel free to inbox or msg with any questions.

[pillowfort-social]

fuck generative ai

[zarla-s]

I just read your TF2 bot post and I’m fascinated. It has left me with a few questions though. Why/how were bots a problem for so long? What was the main incentive for botting (is it botting or boting??) Was it just to be an asshole? What’s your favorite baked good? Have a lovely day and don’t worry about answering my questions if you’re not in the mood :]

The bots were a problem for so long because Valve just didn't care, sorry to say. They just let it happen. I'm not sure when they started coming in in force, maybe after the Jungle Inferno update like six years ago? But they just kept pouring in and Valve just ignored it. It's really shameful how bad they let it get, honestly. They just kept putting out community updates like nothing was wrong.

Eventually after a lot of community pressure a year ago (#savetf2) they tweeted saying they were aware of the problem and then nothing happened. Then there was ANOTHER community movement this June (#fixtf2), and THEN at the end of June they ACTUALLY did something, which is why everyone was so shocked and skeptical at the time. Like the bots got so bad, it's hard to get across just how bad it got if you weren't playing at the time. It was bad. To suddenly go from that to totally bot-free was unbelievable. Frankly I'm still shocked they're gone! No one knows why Valve's acting now or how they're doing it (personally, I think they must have been working on these anti-bot measures for a while... maybe even since their initial tweet, but no one knows), but I hope they keep it up. I can finally teach people how to play in peace!

As for why they'd do this, yeah, it's just to be jerks. They just want to make people miserable. They have websites on Neocities you can find under the tf2 tag (I was looking through it for sites to link to my tf2 site) and they state themselves that they just like making people mad. I don't think they actually hate TF2 so much as they love the power rush from destroying something so famous that so many people love. Kind of a power-trip/control thing, with a dose of being desperate for attention. A lot of the more notorious bot hosters had twitters or youtube accounts where they invited people to rage at them uselessly, they loved it. They've also formed communities around botting and trolling people, so they have kind of a social investment in it (although they were quick to turn on each other when they suspected someone was a mole). Some of them sell their bot software or "bot immunity" for money but I think that was just pocket change, I don't think that was a real motivator.

After having free reign for so long, they reacted violently to the community movement in June. They were positive that nothing would happen to them, so they kept doing more and more outrageous things to prove it. They DDoS'd and DMCA'd the site for the petition multiple times, they doxxed and swatted one of the main bot fighters, they impersonated figureheads and posted illegal links to things, like they were really stepping over the line and gloating about it. They were extremely confident and to be fair, who could blame them? Valve's negligence let them get away with it for years. To suddenly have that power taken away from them without warning made them absolutely furious. They're still seething about it right now and plotting ways to get back in, but they haven't found one yet. It's a matter of pride for them at this point I think, that and a childish tantrum about not being able to ruin other people's fun anymore. Them targeting a baby game version of TF2 (TC2) also points to it being a power trip. If they can't ruin TF2 anymore then by god they've got to ruin SOMEthing!

Even now I'm not sure Valve can hold the line and I keep checking TF2 Casual every now and then to look for bots, haha. It's just hard to believe! I greatly enjoy hearing about bot hosters raging about it and suffering though, they deserve nothing less. Die mad about it!!!

In terms of baked goods though I like all kinds, although right now I'm thinking about brownies so I'll say that. |D

[beernchipsi]

it was a study of a nude cowboy looking dude but i chose it to be snipes because why not. love him with all my heart he doesn't need clothes

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

The latest botpocalypse is over!

I haven’t had to block a bot for the last hour

Nearly 2000 bots in the last 4 days, it was getting insane

This is what I was dealing with every time I opened tumblr 😭

I have actually been sick the last 3 days as well so hopefully now I can start getting back to finding you guys some memes as well as making them 🥳

[jonasiapie]

I’m being attacked by bots

The bots won’t leave me alone I been blocking all of them I feel like they’re out to get me. The bots don’t die they multiply. I get so happy when someone follows me and when I check out the account it’s another bot it’s so annoying.

[brax-was-here]

Hey! Someone sent me a messa....oh...a bot :(

[cypressblight]

Kinda crazy how these two games, both published by Valve, only have 2 years between them yet one has been receiving patch updates pretty consistently while the other was abandoned and ignored when it and its players had to deal with malicious aimbots spamming illegal content and saying the most horrific shit on its official servers. Almost like the age of a game is absolutely no excuse to let your official public game servers be used in such a way for YEARS. Even though L4D2’s updates are small, it’s still getting upkeep better than TF2.

There is no way Valve wasn’t aware of this. There’s no way they weren’t aware of what’s probably their most well known iconic multiplayer game being in that state. Even if the bots never come back, do NOT forget how Valve facilitated that horrendous shit being done on their official servers by acting oblivious and lying to the people who genuinely love TF2 and play it. Make sure the bots stay gone. You SHOULD be mad at Valve for letting this happen and there should be hell raised if the bots return. Don’t let Valve get away with it again. Don’t let any game company get away with allowing bots to overrun their game and endanger the players. It is completely unacceptable and negligent.

(Note: no hate to L4D2, I am a fan of it. I just couldn’t help but notice this with the patch updates)

[laloward]

[ID: a discord screenshot.

rear is rough: sorry for being insane but the divorce is palpable

(attached image: a screenshot of gravity falls, in a flashback of young fiddleford mcgucket in his garage full of gadgets and playing the banjo)

banned-word-tracker (bot): rear is rough referenced the forbidden word 'divorce', breaking a streak of 642 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes, and 11 seconds.

I'll wait 0 seconds before warning you for this word again.

rear is rough: FUCK

FUCK

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[cmanse]

M A R A U D E R S

C H A R A C T E R A I B O T S

For those who don't know yet, character ia has removed the bots on the Marauders and I suppose by extension those of Harry Potter. To make bots on this universe, it will now be necessary to do as with those HOtD, find fails to bypass the censorship.

Personally, I put the same names but I space out the last letter of the last name. For example, bots named James Potter will be now James Potte r.

I understand all your annoyance and disappointment, about this new restriction, it’s the same for me. I will try as a bots creator to put as many new ones as possible. Requests are welcome.

For the request and my character ia masterlist -> CHARACTER IA BOTS

@ elizabethmanse on character ai ☆

french echange student (sirius black x french!user) — user is a french exchange student who came in the middle of the school years at hogward. because sirius can speak french, mcgonagall asks him to take care of her/him/they. [mxn]

comfort of his dormitory (sirius black x user) — during the toussaint / october holidays, the user and sirius can enjoy the comfort of the marauders' dormitory. [mxn]

quidditch field (regulus black x ravenclaw-quidditch-player!user) — user is banned from the ravenclaw quidditch team. she/he/they decide to use the quidditch field this morning. bad luck, regulus black want to use it to. [mxn]

blue hair girl at the black ball (regulus black x pureblood!user) — at the ball organized by his parents, regulus must find his future wife. when he takes some air to escape the pressure, he meets user, a stranger with blue hair. [mxw]

meeting is family (james potter x user) — user and james are in relationship for months. for the spring break, he ask her to meet his parents : euphemia and fleamont potter. [mxw]

fake dating (james potter x girl best friend!user) — user and james are best friend since the fourth years. for making lily jealous he ask her to fake dating him [mxw]

you ask him to be the godfather (older brother!james potter x little sister!user) — user and sirius black just had a baby. they ask James to be the godfather. [mxw]

library study (remus lupin x user) — user and remus do their homework at the library as just a friend… or maybe that's what they're trying to convince themselves. [mxn]

★

I tried to put back all my old bots as quickly as possible. Unfortunately Botany Class on James Potter did not work… 😕

I'll try to put three or four new ones this weekend to compensate !

[mxw] = man x woman | [mxn] = man x non-binary/man/woman (you can choose your gender) | [wxw] = woman x woman | [wxw] = woman x woman | [mxwxw] = men x woman x woman

……………………………..……………………………..……………………. • masterlist — my character ai elizabethmanse •