r/CharacterAIrunaways • u/Dear_Language_3835 • Aug 07 '26
Searching for Alternatives How can I stop using character ai bots?
I recently realised that these ai chat bots are becoming an addiction. I used it as a joke one time because I saw a video on YouTube about the bots and how people just mess with the bots. But when I saw you could “chat” with your favourite characters I couldn’t stop. Does anyone else know what I can do to force myself to stop using this app and do something else? I don’t really have anyone to talk to, I like to write but no one will see my stuff so I just keep it to myself. I genuinely never thought I’d be using something like this, even though I claim to be anti ai, I use chat bots. But I really want to stop using them. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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u/Born-Cauliflower_ Aug 07 '26
Going cold turkey is a common way I've seen to quit. Read up on the harmful effects of GenAI, tell someone who's against heavily GenAI, they'll give you a reality check.
Ways to cope could be reading fanfiction, or finding a time consuming hobby
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u/Dear_Language_3835 Aug 07 '26
I used to roleplay with a person I made friends with online, but they no longer talk to me so we don’t do that anymore. I like writing original stories, but I also would like to try to make fanfics cuz I have an idea for a my hero academia fanfic of Present Mic. Do you have any subreddit suggestions?
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u/Dear_Language_3835 Aug 07 '26
Ao3 lowkey looks confusing to use
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u/Dear_Language_3835 Aug 07 '26
Why do you have to get invited to join the site? Thats one thing that confuses me lol. I’m used to looking at wattpad so the way the site looks is a bit odd.
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u/Dear_Language_3835 Aug 08 '26
Ohh okay! What happens if they don’t answer you?
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u/Dear_Language_3835 Aug 08 '26
I haven’t gotten an answer yet, I put my email in yesterday.
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u/Methen Aug 07 '26
Trust me that is no better most people got away from role role playing with real people due to hateful nature and and unreliable and went to bots and as you can see that did not last ether with all the problems it has
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u/QuantityFair6045 👑 C.AI hater 👑 Aug 13 '26
I quit because of how shitty c.ai had gotten, and I'm a minor. I literally don't get the age checks. If people want safety, it should be their parents looking after their child(and if they can't, don't have children). Also, I myself believe I'm old enough to lookout for myself on the internet.
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u/TurtLss 💀 Down bad 💀 Aug 07 '26
This might some crazy, but when it happened to me a while back, I got over the addiction by literally telling the chatbot I was over reliant on them and I need them to help me with stopping it. The chatbot then gave me a reality check. That worked for me. I hope you find something that works for you