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News: Bots and A.I

I meant to post this news update a while ago, but I guess I must have forgotten. Oops. But yeah, anyway, as I'm sure you can guess from the title, I've been having some major issues with bots and A.I content lately, and I've not been a happy pixie regarding those issues. So I just wanted to provide you guys with a few updates on things.

 

 

To start off with, I want to make it clear that I do not approve of A.I generated content. I think it's theft, it's lazy, and really bad for the environment. So I will not be accepting any A.I generated works or fan art off people. So please, do not send me any. I will be ignoring any and all future submissions that contain such content. 

 

On that note, sadly, my fanfictions on AO3 were the victims of the A.I sweep of the content on that site. As a result, my stories on AO3 will now be privatised, so that from now on, you need to create an account with the website in order to view my content. I always wanted to keep my work as open as possible so that everyone can have access to it, but that's just not possible anymore due to A.I stealing people's content. Creating an account with AO3 is completely free, and super easy to do. I know it says there's a wait time, but at most, that will just be three days. After that, you will have complete access to my work again. It just gives me that added bit of extra protection, because the last thing I want to be doing is fuelling A.I generated slop. It also helps keep the bots away from me as well, as AO3 always provides that extra security and support to its users. 

 

Speaking of bots, my FanFiction account appears to have been invaded by them at the moment, and the website shows little to no interest in doing anything about them. Most of them have accounts, so I cannot delete their 'reviews', and whenever I report them as spam, nothing gets done about them. As a result, I have had to turn off my private messaging system on this website. I really apologise to everybody who has tried to contact me on FanFiction, but literally everyday I was getting bot messages, and it was getting overwhelming. Even if some of them aren't bots, I'll make it clear that NO! I do not want to commission a comic off you! 

 

I'm seriously debating stopping activity on FanFiction altogether, simply because the entire site has really gone downhill these past few years. The invasion of bots feels like the straw that's breaking the camel's back. I probably won't delete my stories on there, but I am seriously considering not adding any future content onto that site. I'll be sure to let you guys know when I come to such a decision. 

 

Like I said, I really hate restricting my work, but I've been given no choice at this point. I hope that you all understand. You can still contact me via email at thetauruspixie@gmail.com, as well as reach me on Tumblr, Twitter, and Bluesky. I have ceased all activity on DeviantArt due to their active promotion of generative A.I content.

 

It's a tough time to be in the creative space right now, but hopefully if we all stick together and put our foot down on such crap, we will win in the end.