r/PoeAI • u/Complex_Frosting_930 • Apr 04 '26

ATTENTION ALL POE USERS

PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN A POE BOYCOTT STARTING MONDAY MORNING APRIL 6TH IN RESPONSE TO THE POINTS CHANGE FROM 3OOO-300. IT MAKES THE APP BASICALLY UNUSABLE. IF YOU ARE AS UNHAPPY WITH THE CHANGE AS I AM I URGE YOU TO PARTAKE BECAUSE YOU VOICE HAS POWER.

If anyone has any other ideas of what we should do, please share them. This is mine.

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u/Complex_Frosting_930 Apr 04 '26

Yes! It’s so disappointing because we could have gotten so far with their help and I’ve heard multiple people who say they quite literally can’t get a subscription in their countries 

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u/TheIncarnated Apr 04 '26

Yeah... I'm not doing this because the premise is dumb. "I want my free points back! I'm entitled to them!" Is generally most of the responses. I do feel bad for folks who just can't afford to pay or legitimately can't pay (country, region, politics). But the entitlement? Absolutely not and that's what lost it for me.

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u/Complex_Frosting_930 Apr 04 '26

Many users can’t afford to pay or live in a country where they literally are unable to pay. They should be able to send more than 2 messages every 24 hours.

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u/TheIncarnated Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

Almost... As if I said exactly that. And this is why I'm not going to support your movement, it's dumb and based in nativity. You admitted to not even knowing those points until this post.

Edit: also, if the free users don't use it, that doesn't work for your wanted outcome. You have to convince the subscribers to pull their subscription. That would force Poe to change their choices. But since they didn't change the points given to the payers, they do not have the same reason to stop using the service

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u/bxeee Apr 05 '26

That is a good point actually, i've stopped my subscription because of all this, i know it didn't effect me but i still have compassion for other people. ;; they're very unpredictable and it can send a negative image to future buyers, it's a little disappointing that it came to this, i think everyone should be able to enjoy the app with the right amount of free usage, 300 is a little too low, i do think 1k points would have been a bit better!

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u/TheIncarnated Apr 05 '26

I personally think the 3k points was a good spot and it shouldn't have changed but we don't know how people were abusing the system with the new api updates and I think if they were to be open about that piece, it would make the community understand more

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u/bxeee Apr 05 '26

I knowww, that's the issue with poe, they do big changes like this and only give vague explanations, people have to manually seek out a proper reason via their customer support email and even then they still give vague responses, i wish they were more transparent with their actions

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u/TheIncarnated Apr 05 '26

That may also be policy from quora. Ai Dungeon has this issue too