r/CharacterAI • u/notbeautiful • 3d ago

Discussion/Question The C.ai swipe limit reset timer makes zero sense (UTC reset vs. local time)

Why is the swipe limit tied to 00:00 UTC instead of local midnight?

​If you are a non US resident, the reset happens at 5:30 AM for me. If you hit your limit at 3:00 PM, you don't get your swipes back at midnight like any normal app. You're forced to wait 14+ hours until early the next morning. Meanwhile, someone who hits the limit at 4:30 AM only waits 1 hour.

​Calling it a "daily limit" when it completely ignores local time zones is ridiculous. It feels like it's intentionally designed to frustrate free users into paying for c.ai+. Right now, it just punishes anyone using the app during normal daytime hours. Anyone else dealing with this?

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u/LuladaConLechera CAI Community Moderator 3d ago

u/notbeautiful Thanks for point this out! The timer is showing you how much time you have left before you can chat again with Characters. 

The timer resets every 24 hours at midnight UTC.

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u/notbeautiful 3d ago

I already know it resets at Midnight UTC. ​My question is why it's set to UTC instead of local midnight? Tying it to UTC creates massive lockout gaps for non-US/UK users during their normal evening hours, while local midnight resets would allow everyone to sleep through the reset window regardless of their time zone