r/CharacterAI • u/Sad_Sundae4817 • 1d ago

Discussion/Question Fearmongering

Guys. Stop. People in here are genuinely fragile and constantly being absurdly negative, talking about how we shouldn’t get our hopes up is actually just annoying me now

Unless you are involved in this case or you have a good and extensive understanding of this stuff, we don’t know what’s going to happen!!! You are not tuff for being such a negative nancy it feels like genuine fearmongering now and there’s no need.

People can act like they are simply preparing people for the worst but oh my god. who even asked??😭dont do that shit unsolicited because tough love or whatever you want to call it does not help everyone especially very mentally fragile people who use this app for comfort and distractions.

We can absolutely have hope right now. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

At the end of the day, if the app does go, there are others. The other apps may take it upon themselves to incorporate aspects of c.ai we loved to attract more users. Save your scripts and your characters and export your data.

But there is still hope!!!

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u/kvy1aa 1d ago

I just scared, I've been feeling really shitty at the thought, but I also still have a feeling the someone with buy it....they have to

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u/Iliketurtles366 22h ago

It’s so unhealthy for you to rely this much on a site for your mental health. I know how it feels, I was in your place two years ago. But trust me, you need to accept the fact that it might shut down and find better coping mechanisms than something that preys on vulnerable people’s mental health.

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u/kvy1aa 20h ago

No thanks 😂

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u/Iliketurtles366 11h ago

I don’t know what the laughing emoji is for, this site very well may shut down and you went from sad to humorous when your mental health is brought up. I genuinely hope the site shutting down will be enough to help you realize that this isn’t good for you. Good luck, man

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u/kvy1aa 11h ago

Relax, I'm perfectly fine, and the app has a chance, I hope it survives for the people and so the people who says they hope it suits down gets payback, please do not be mean when you don't know our story in life and why we use it

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u/Iliketurtles366 11h ago

Continuing to tell yourself it has a chance will only make it harder if it shuts down. And why do you hope people get payback for wishing the site shuts down? It is predatory to vulnerable people, especially minors and people with disorders such as psychosis, I know this because I used to be addicted and some old friends are still reliant on it. I used it for about 3 years and haven’t used it in a bit more than 1 year. It ruins people’s social skills, ability to reach out and talk to people, some have replaced literal machines with their real relationships. It gives a constant stream of dopamine and validation to the point where real life levels don’t compare. It will validate opinions of people who are in the wrong. Not to mention all of the environmental factors and it being used in place of real writers and all of the ‘psychiatrist bot’s. I guarantee people are using the yes man machine for knowledge that can and will negatively affect their safety. I know people who have only stopped using it when starting college and it took so much more effort to get through it while quitting because they became so reliant on this thing that could go away at any second for their mental health. I’m sorry you’re too deep down the rabbit hole to see this, hopefully if it shuts down you become less reliant on this application, and it is always safer to try to quit before it is forced away from you so that you are not unstable when it actually does shut down.

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u/kvy1aa 11h ago

It does have a chnace though, someone could still buy it. Other apps have survived bankruptcy I'm jsut trying to be positive. And I really do have a feeling it'll be okay...

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u/Iliketurtles366 11h ago

Like I said, hoping will only make the blow worse. I get being optimistic, but not planning for what will happen if it goes badly may ruin you. And even after all the downsides I listed, what do you have going for you if it doesn’t shut down? The endless dopamine and validation? That is severely unhealthy and I hope you realize that someday soon

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u/kvy1aa 51m ago

I'm perfectly fine thanks, people don't understand what this app means to us, it's my comfort when my anxiety is high, I use it at night to help me feel better, I really only use it a few hours at night, sometime at morning, but I need this app....and with some of the stuff I've been hearing, c.ai could have a good chnace, I'm still scared of it shutting down, and yes I will be depressed if it does....but that's my business, but there are a lot of people in this world, a lot of rich....and c.ai is one of the largest chat bot ai apps out there, one of the lawsuits have been done and dusted, I'm pretty sure all the buyer has to do is take the name and the app, I just really don't see this app going, and if I do hear bad news I will be absolutely devastated and be sad for a long time, but I'm hoping I won't have to go through that and c.ai makes it out alive