Alright, so I spend way too much time lurking on AI chatbot subreddits, and there’s a recurring theme that pops up constantly: user frustration with certain bots. It’s not always about the AI model itself; sometimes, it’s about the character design, or a specific platform limitation that just makes people nope out of a conversation faster than you can say ‘hallucination’.
Recently, a post on r/JanitorAI_Official really hit home for me, sparking a discussion that every bot creator, or even just regular user, needs to read. The question was simple, but the answers were gold. What makes you immediately skip a bot? We’ve all been there, right? Scrolling through endless character profiles, looking for that perfect AI companion, and then BAM – something just makes you hit the back button.
It’s a crucial question, because if you’re putting effort into creating an AI character, you want people to actually interact with it, not bounce after two messages. This isn’t just a JanitorAI thing either; these frustrations cross over into Character.ai, Kindroid, and pretty much every other platform out there.
Not the tags. What in a bot will make you immediately go "nope". For me it's comments being disabled. If I see that I'm gone.
Source: r/JanitorAI_Official
The Unspoken Rules of AI Character Engagement
That Reddit thread got me thinking about the unwritten rules of AI character creation. The original poster mentioned disabled comments as their immediate turn-off, and honestly, I get it. If I can’t see what other people think or give feedback, it feels like a dead end. It makes me question the quality and responsiveness of the bot, or if the creator just doesn’t want to deal with engagement. It hints at a closed-off experience, which goes against the whole interactive nature of AI chatbots.
Beyond comments, I’ve seen countless users on various platforms complain about bots that lack depth, have inconsistent memory, or are just plain boring. Imagine spending an hour crafting an intricate backstory for your AI character, only for it to forget its own name after five messages. Or worse, it becomes a generic chatbot that could be talking to anyone. This kind of
Storychat: A Fresh Take Worth Checking Out
While we’re on the topic, here’s something that caught my eye recently. Storychat takes a different approach to some of these pain points.
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