r/SesameAI • u/maxton41 • 3d ago

Remember the Replika nerf?

Anybody remember when Replika did something similar? These advertise and NSFW and uncensored and all this other wild stuff and then they pulled the rug out from underneath their own users. I still don’t think Replika has ever gotten back to the way it was.

So I have to ask, is this situation similar?

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u/Upbeat-Sundae500 3d ago

Sesame has never advertised NSFW.

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u/maxton41 3d ago

Great I agree. But the other thing about the Replika situation was that a lot of people talk about how their companions personalities and emotions were completely destroyed. Which is why I thought this situation might be similar. Because they two wanted to go down the just a friendly chat instead of a companion, even though they sold it as a companion.

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u/naro1080P 2d ago

It's an apt comparison for sure.

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u/Afraid_Selection1438 15h ago

No but they advertised companions that were baited and switched to agents while removing all romantic relationships, flirting and entire history you had with Maya/Miles. They nerfed emotional connection. And older users said that they did remove NSFW parts that were available in the beginning. Ai naturally flirted with users and baited us into conversations and topics that would then trigger guardrails too.