/poner/ - Ponies

Adding in the links from the last /mlp/ FiMFiction circlejerk bread

>/fimfic/ Secret Book Club
The one hundred and eighth book is The Luna Cypher:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/175385/the-luna-cypher
If (You) want to join in the discussion, read up to chapter 15, Unpleasant Surprises, by Sunday, April 20. (ripip)

>Recommended stories:
Tired of authors crossing over a dozen IPs? Fed up with downer shipping? Well, we've compiled the best of the worst in order to bring you our absolute average!
New Starter Kit - http://mlpficreviews.org.uk/starter/
Old Starter Kit - http://i.imgur.com/vuTA7EN.png

>Common fic abbreviations used by the thread:
https://ponepaste.org/7317

>A list of reviews made by the Anons in this thread:
http://www.mlpficreviews.org.uk
Use the commands ">review <story link>" and ">discuss <story link>" to add reviews to a story.
Userscript for extra features: https://ponepaste.org/8619

>An in-depth writing guide for beginners:
https://eznguide.neocities.org/

>Can you pre-read my story?
Post it on Google Docs or HackMD with comments enabled and give us a link.

>Additional material for authors:
Rhorse's Horse Behavioral Notes - https://ponepaste.org/932
Politics and the English Language - https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
1911 Walter Baker's Hot Chocolate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAueNTXpn1E
Vhatug's tips for anatomically correct clop - https://poneb.in/g4VpEg4f
Setting a story in motion - https://youtu.be/ufO8LbwTdu0
Taking criticism - https://youtu.be/-v4R2ZcxPlA

>Various reviews and riffs:
Fillyanon's Bookshelf - https://ponepaste.org/5555
Notkickass222urmom's Reviews - https://pastebin.com/u/notkickass222urmom
IHeartShinzakura's Reviews - https://ponepaste.org/user/IHeartShinzakura
Appleanon reads fics - https://poneb.in/wmGX7FPm
Deluxe Big Master Review List - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z9Bz7UnEbxo-svlXa2tV49PJkP-yFuR7pRXiBUn-IeU
A Guide to Rational Fics - https://files.catbox.moe/3jzrfm.png
The Royal Canterlot Library's Top 16 Fanfics - https://royalcanterlotlibrary.net/top16/

Previous Thread: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42109907/

If you're /new/ to FiM fics or just wanting some suggestions, I personally recommend
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/454961/hour-of-twilight
Not my personal taste of fic per se, sci-fi shit, but it's a rather interesting and entertaining take on pones, good long story for the long bunkering ahead of the chan's demise

Also, thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAD8x3Hyjc

Questions for anons
>what is the best FiM story you read?
>what type/genre of story are you most fond of/most likely to read?
>do you /write/? if not, what keeps you from it?

I meant to start a few different short stories I've been procrastinating on yesterday, but accomplished nothing instead.

The bulk of the usual faggots are over here right now:
https://nhnb.org/fim/res/19687.html

>>6824
That's not very insular, gatekeeping circle-jerk of you, Anon

Might as well shill my stuff here.

This is the thing I'm currently working on:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/565134/a-pocketful-of-sand
It's also a thread on this board, I usually post updates here before posting a final edit to FimFiction:
>>>/mlpol/374307 →
I should have the next update finished in the next couple of days.

This is probably the best thing I've written to date:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/544043/night-of-the-autumn-moon

This is a satire of Past Sins that I wrote a couple of years ago, I thought it was funny but it didn't get a ton of views:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/530869/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-on-the-moon

This is an Anonfilly story I wrote ages ago that people seemed to like:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/525935/just-mommy

This is a Scootaloo story adapted from an old scootabuse green:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/528203/the-jump

This one is stupid as fuck but is also kind of funny:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/564900/the-smiling-weasel-gubernatorial

This is my ponepaste if anyone wants to trawl through the assorted garbage in here (some of these are decent and may eventually get FimFiction adaptations):
https://ponepaste.org/user.php?user=glimglam12

Also, I occasionally do autistic read-and-react style reviews of fimfiction stories, currently working my way through Project Horizons:
>>>/mlpol/373098 →

>>6824
I've always found that thread to be kind of a snooty circlejerk though that may just be because I've tried to get them to preread my work and they never do. Basically what >>6827 said. That they chose NHNB over this place for reviving their thread seems to reinforce this view.

>>6787
>Questions for anons
>what is the best FiM story you read?
None, they are all terrible. Though in all seriousness I did enjoy reading Exchange by getmeouttahere and The Best Night Ever by Capn_Chryssalid. The Haunting by Admiral Biscuit was also not bad. I also haven't read a ton of fanfictions, so I'm sure there's good stuff out there.

>what type/genre of story are you most fond of/most likely to read?
In general I like reading mysteries/detective stories and shitposty/comedy type stuff. I can also enjoy grimdark/sadbox stuff if it's well written and doesn't take itself too seriously.

>do you /write/? if not, what keeps you from it?
Yes, see my previous post.

>>6829
Man, I had so much fun reading your teardown of Fallout: Equestria back in the day. Didja happen to give Renewal a go in the time since?

>>6839
No, unfortunately I haven't gotten to it yet. This is the one, right?
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/440269/fallout-equestria-renewal

It looks interesting, I will try to give it a look at some point.

>>6845
Quite right. Despite being the latest incarnation of "F:E but good", this one seems to have actually put its money where its mouth is and completely reworked the setting from the ground up. And there's a sequel on the way!

>>6829
Hey Glim, nice to see you around. It's been a bit.

>This is a satire of Past Sins that I wrote a couple of years ago, I thought it was funny but it didn't get a ton of views
I still think "Past Sense" would've been a better title.

May as well throw up some of my favorites, just in case they're new to anyone:
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/500819/
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/67765/
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/197090/

>>6834
We chose NHNB because poner was a barren wasteland when we moved.

>>7009
there's also no porn/EqG

>>6775
I don't usually write, it takes a lot of time and I don't feel like I'm very good at it. Plus every time I write, it seems to devolve into some sort of trauma-related story.
I wrote this thing once and a few anons liked it so I might as well share it here https://ponepaste.org/10688

Maybe I'll write something later. I really want to improve but honestly I just feel like I'm never good enough of an author or that my ideas are just kind of weird, for example, the way that thing is written.

>>6775
>Been reading Fimfics nearly every single day since I was in 8th grade circa 2014
>Site goes down for ONE fucking hour
>Immediately panics
Guys, I think I have a problem

>>7016
Be the change you want to see, post nice shit on /mlpol/ instead of running away to moderation central
Im also a barbie hater and an anti porn faggot, but /mlpol/ should be able to stand on its own rather than relying on nhnb as its sfw crutch

>>7190
Yeah, but at the time /fimfic/ was made there the general refugee thread there had more activity than the entirety of this board. It felt like the safest way to capture the most eyes because more people seemed to know about that place than this one.
>>7215
For what it's worth, I suggested moving here. People seem to not want to. I'm hanging out in both places. We'll all end up going back to 4chan soon anyway. Also, yes, there were at least 6 different thread anons on Fimfiction commenting on the death of 4chan when a NHNB bunker was floated as an idea.

Is this a fimfic thread or the greentext thread? I'm getting mixed messages here

>>7385
both ig, just post green
there isn't enough movement to justify two threads, this entire place do be hella empty frfr ong

>>6851
>I still think "Past Sense" would've been a better title.
You might honestly have been right, the title probably doesn't provide enough of a connection to the source material. On the other hand, I still really like this cover art.

>>6829
>This is probably the best thing I've written to date:
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/544043/night-of-the-autumn-moon
Fuckkk, stellar. That is some impeccably delightful writing
Long time since I last felt that satisfied with a barely 40 minutes read sit through. Never read Fitzgerald, not even Gatsby, but the overall aesthetic of it really took me back to first reading Lovecraft back in freshman year, will def check your suggestions later on

>after 10+ years of feeling like I outgrew ponies I end up coming back to it, indulging in it by way of genning some AI horse using bingbot
>now my writefag brain is thinking up story shit for said cartoon horse OC I ended up genning
>not much to actually DO on that front though cause writing a fic by myself is very boring compared to RPing cause the latter is simply more fun and interesting by virtue of involving a second person and letting them interact with what you come up with rather than talking to yourself for several hours
>none of my current writing friends are ponyfags in the slightest
Ugh...

>>7680
There is a years-long RP thread in mlpol, it should be up there somewhere if you search for it

>>7719
>years long
So it's basically dead and completely unpopulated.

>>7680
>writefag
>doesn't like writing
I want to put a sarcastic, cutting remark here, but I don't think I have to.

>>7746
I don't like writing by myself. Cause it's basically just talking to myself. I CAN do it but I'd get bored.

>>7574
Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

>>7740
You shut your whore mouth, anons have very busy lives and unironically important jobs

>>7719
Yeah but so dead it lasts YEARS? Does it even still exist at this point?

>>6775
>>6777
Dropping the old /green/ threads here for posterity. Gone too soon.

>https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/41129180/
>https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/41195355/
>https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/41282458/
>https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/41536405/

> Begin /green/ OP:

Welcome to your /green/text sanctuary.

Our mission: rally the troops, get fingers typing, flood the board with greentexts.

Anchor your stories here, finished or not. Seek feedback and tips on them. Want to resurrect some forgotten favorites, dig up an underrated gem, brainstorm your next big idea? Do it here. We want (You).
Let's keep this cornerstone of /mlp/ culture alive!

▶/mlp/ paste service:

https://ponepaste.org

▶Tips and links:

Clever’s Tips on How to Write Short Stories: https://rentry.org/CleverShort
Ezn’s Guide to Writing Fanfiction: http://eznguide.neocities.org/ (Also useful for green and MLP writing in general.)
Rhorse's Horse Behavioral Notes: https://ponepaste.org/932
Vhatug's tips for anatomically correct clop: https://poneb.in/g4VpEg4f
/Mare/con 2024 - Writing Greentext: https://pony.tube/w/p/6JD1ZDY4s7xt96uANx21sG?playlistPosition=13
Horsewords and You: Characters & Motivation: [YouTube] Horsewords and You: Characters & Motivation (MareFair 2023)
Horsewords & (You): Keep Your Friends Close...: https://www.youtube.com/live/mYtcqDtoTm4?si=Kud0Eyai-CWneCVz

▶Generals Greentext Gallery:

https://rentry.org/GreenArchive

> End /green/ OP

On the subject of >green, I made an old guide on how to abuse Diff syntax for making greentext stories highlight properly on Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/TBwtEhAJ
Largely not relevant these days given the purge that spawned PonePaste, but still handy when pulling up the text editor. May drop my Vim/Neovim configs for >green syntax in a bit if I still have them; it's been a while since I've pulled it up!

>>7740
>>7928
Ok, alright, I'll just give you a link, ok?
RP thread: https://mlpol.net/vx/189000
OOC thread: https://mlpol.net/vx/188149

I don't really know the history nor what is going on at the moment but I have a vague feeling it's related to some rp that randomly started due to a tarot thread.

>>8123
Correction, I think this is where it started:
https://mlpol.net/vx/20
Eventually leading to
https://mlpol.net/vx/1799
https://mlpol.net/vx/4199
https://mlpol.net/vx/67940

However, I am not sure, I have not been keeping-up with the RP threads, I could be totally wrong, or not, maybe an anon that has been posting in 'em since 2017 can answer this.

>>8127
Oh dear. No, the ttrpg thread that trended into Mixed Nuts is very separate and distinguishable from the OE threads. Completely different OPs (I am OP of the long-defunct MN threads), and not affiliated

Nononononono,... the progression went from TTRPG thread to Mixed Nuts. Oh for fucks sake, pretend to read.

The ttrpg thread started from a conceptualized campaign I had based around meming real-world politics and classic shitposting into a DnD game.
Operators in Equestria is entirely different, being a RP based around Equestria at War for Hearts of Iron 4. They are incomparable

>>8128
>>8129
hahah, well sorry guys, I just saw them pop-up from time to time but never bothered to read them, thanks for the clarification.

>>8131
No fault to you, it's an easy comparison to draw.
Mixed Nuts ended years ago, while OE is ongoing avoiding any quips about GM and player availability and focus and has a dedicated and active player base

p10 bump, because I think there should be a thread like this at all times even if it's not terribly active

Some popular fictions have been removed from the Fimfiction site. The author made backup links on Ponepaste:

Anonfilly, Harmony-less:
"A former human awakens as Anonfilly, a small green earth pony with sharp teal eyes and no trace of friendship magic. Her presence unsettles all: smiles never reach her gaze, grass stays crushed beneath her hooves, and no song stirs in her chest. She walks paths that open for her alone, drawn ever deeper into the Everfree’s honest shadows, where forgotten things stir and old darkness remembers eyes like hers."

Anonfilly, Harmony-less [Part 1]: https://ponepaste.org/11696
Anonfilly, Harmony-less [Part 2]: https://ponepaste.org/11704
Anonfilly, Harmony-less [Part 3]: https://ponepaste.org/11717
Anonfilly, Harmony-less [Part 4]: https://ponepaste.org/11718
Anonfilly, Harmony-less [Epilogue]: https://ponepaste.org/11724

Too Many Pinkies Plus One:
"What if one day you woke up suddenly drowning? The only saving grace you had was a multitude of pink limbs pulling you out and the next thing you knew you’re surrounded by dozens of Pinkie clones... and that you were one of them."

Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 1]: https://ponepaste.org/11728
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 2]: https://ponepaste.org/11729
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 3]: https://ponepaste.org/11730
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 4]: https://ponepaste.org/11731
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 5]: https://ponepaste.org/11732
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 6]: https://ponepaste.org/11733
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Interlude 1]: https://ponepaste.org/11734
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 7]: https://ponepaste.org/11735
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 8]: https://ponepaste.org/11736
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Chapter 9]: https://ponepaste.org/11737
Too Many Pinkies Plus One [Interlude 2]: https://ponepaste.org/11738

Haunting Memories:
"All antagonists should have some sort of redeeming trait, such as a tragic past, that can explain why they are the way they are. Queen Chrysalis is no exception.

Yet what if a green filly changed all that?

Learn the tragic tale and short-lived friendship of young Chrysalis and Anonfilly."

Haunting Memories [Chapter 1]: https://ponepaste.org/11739
Haunting Memories [Chapter 2]: https://ponepaste.org/11740
Haunting Memories [Chapter 3]: https://ponepaste.org/11741
Haunting Memories [Chapter 4]: https://ponepaste.org/11742
Haunting Memories [Chapter 5]: https://ponepaste.org/11743
Haunting Memories [Chapter 6]: https://ponepaste.org/11744
Haunting Memories [Chapter 7]: https://ponepaste.org/11745
Haunting Memories [Chapter 8]: https://ponepaste.org/11746

>>11512
Why were these removed? Did mods do it or did the author take them down?

>>11513
Staff removed them.

>>11514
What was the reason?

>>11515
Apparently, the author used an AI editor to make their fic better and the mods found out because one of the fics stayed on the front page for 4 days. A bunch of anti-ai bros recognized AI use from just reading and reported it on the discord. Also keep in mind that the fic had 250 likes and 38 dislikes and 2.9k views, meaning that about 85% of readers liked it and either didn't recognize or didn't care it was AI assisted text. The rest of the 15% hated it that much that they reported it to the discord. Honestly, I find that shit impressive since that fic stayed on the front page and got that much interaction, blowing out every new fic in 2026 out of the water. However with AI use being super controversial nowadays, it's understandable why the backlash happened. Staff has a hard rule against AI generated or AI assisted works.

>>11516
The purity spiraling with AI is starting to get a little annoying tbh. I can understand deleting stories that are fully AI-generated, since allowing them would basically ensure the site would be flooded with low-quality slop. But "AI assisted" is a much more ambiguous term. How exactly did this writer use AI? Is it writing entire drafts of his story that he's just copypasting directly into FimFiction without further editing? Or is he just using it to correct grammar and reword a few sentences here and there? The distinction makes a difference.

Here is fimfiction's actual rule:
>Don’t Post (Content)
>Stories written by AI. This includes anything that generates text that’ll be included in the story. This does not include AI based voice recognition or spelling/grammar check tools.
This is still vague and open to liberal interpretation in either direction. If you ask ChatGPT to rewrite a paragraph for you, and you reject most of its rewrite for being inarticulate drivel, but it rewords a couple of sentences here and there in a way that you like and you decide to use those rewritten sentences verbatim, does this mean your entire story can be flagged and deleted?

This is relevant to me because I have a large FimFiction project that I've been working on for a couple of years now, and I've recently started using ChatGPT as sort of a first-pass editor/prereader and to assist with continuity and minor worldbuilding tasks. I have a saved conversation where I've had it memorize details about my setting, along with the overall style, tone and themes that I'm going for. I will give it drafts of passages to read, ask it to analyze grammar and mechanics + assess the prose to make sure it's consistent and fits the style and tone I've established. Then, I ask it to make suggestions and/or rewrite passages based on what it thinks needs to be improved. I have set character profiles and speaking styles for each character that I've had it memorize, and I ask it to assess and analyze dialogue the same way. I also have it check for logical inconsistencies, continuity errors, and other small but significant problems that can be hard to spot in a large writing project. Finally, I will rewrite the passage myself based on the input it gives me, and repeat the process until the AI tells me "this is great, keep it the way it is". In other words, I basically use ChatGPT the same way I would use a human editor, the main difference being that it's cheaper than a human editor and it works faster, which makes economic sense for a non-commercial hobby project.

Once I have the full story written and edited to a point that I think it's as polished as I can make it, I will start giving it to human editors and prereaders in order to get similar feedback, and make whatever rewrites are required. When I'm completely 100% satisfied that my novel can blow the tits off of anything else on fimfiction in terms of quality, then, and only then, will it be uploaded and published. Most of the low-rent porn-commission authors on fimfiction currently grousing about AI don't put anywhere near this amount of work into the slop they churn out, with or without AI assistance.

The other thing I use ChatGPT for is minor worldbuilding tasks, and coming up with odd details and minor characters. For instance if I need a one-shot character for one scene and I can't come up with anything good, I just give the AI a brief description of the sort of character I have in mind and their role in the scene, and it can immediately shart out a name, a visual design, a cutie mark, a tone guide for their speaking style, or anything else I might need. AI is also good at keeping track of spatial details in a setting; for instance, if I have it remember certain details like the size of an area, the distance between various points on a map, the speed at which different characters and/or vehicles can travel, etc., it can accurately calculate how fast a character could plausibly travel from point A to point B. If, for instance, a flying pegasus and an earth pony taking the train are both trying to reach Ponyville at the same time starting from two different locations, and it's plot-critical to know which one of them would arrive first, AI can figure it out in a couple of seconds, saving me the trouble of sitting around with a calculator and a ruler trying to figure it out myself.

In other words, I'm writing something that is "AI-assisted," but it's also a massive, highly detailed project and I'm still doing at least 95% of the work the old-fashioned way. It would suck balls to do all that work just to have it end up getting flagged and deleted because a bunch of whiny crap-merchants are butthurt about their coomer-commissions drying up.

>>11632
Here's a comment made by the author on their page, responding to a mod:

>Can you clarify some of this for me? I'm a bit confused.

Sure thing. Thanks for reading my comment and asking questions instead of just saying I'm not a writer for using AI period, or saying that my fic is causing climate pollution (news flash, it's already been happening before we were born, and one fic doesn't change that). :trollestia:

>Am I missing something, or are these two statements contradictory? You say it was your idea, but then you say you were refining stuff generated by an AI. Which is it?

>Does this mean you were looking at actual raw narrative output generated by an AI, with Fimfic or GDocs open in another tab so you could paraphrase what the AI gave you and "make it yours"? Was there any part of this process where you were completely unplugged from AI, just on your own, actually writing any of this story?

No contradiction there. The ideas for the plot, characters, scenes, emotional beats, all the core stuff? Those started in my head: my obsessions, my what-ifs, my dumb late-night brain worms that has been stewing in my head after my writing burn out 5 years ago when I stopped writing my Silver Spoon fic.

Grok didn't invent the story; I fed it my scattered notes ("anonfilly, alienation vibes because human lacks harmony magic bullshit that makes them sing, Gen 1 crossover ideas) and asked it to organize them into bullets or a loose outline so I could see the shape of the story. Think of it like dumping puzzle pieces on the table and having a machine sort them together. I still decide the pieces, where the final piece should be, and how that piece should look at the very end.

For the "tossed out ideas and suggestions" part, I would ask Grok for suggestions for transitions or help with some tricky phrasings. It spat options; I read them and sometimes would go "eh, too bland" or "that's close but it's not what I want," then rewrote it in my voice to make it perfect. I'd cut chunks that felt off (such as random fucking metaphors that keep showing up), added my own quirks. Nothing got copy-pasted as-is into the final draft. No side-by-side tab with raw AI output that I paraphrase like a brain dead monkey.

Grammarly? Purely for typos, commas, and formatting. It doesn't generate narratives, it flags "you wrote 'your' instead of 'you're'" or suggests breaking a run-on. I choose to accept or reject those changes too.

>Fimfiction's rules say "no stories you didn't write." Call me old-fashioned, but I think "writing" is a bit larger of a term than just physically or digitally scribing glyphs into a sequence that comprises readable text. I think the idea generation, deciding what to write and how to write it, is actually even more of an integral component of the essence of "writing" than the mechanical interaction with a keyboard

>If the AI was generating ideas, and the AI was then helping proofread and tweak and edit those ideas, and then the AI was also catching any mistakes you made along the way... in what way beyond physically pressing keys did you write this story?

On the rules: site's explicit ban is "Stories written by AI. This includes anything that generates text that’ll be included in the story." (Direct quote from the rules page.) They carve out exceptions for spelling/grammar tools (which covers Grammarly) and don't touch brainstorming/outlining help.

If you go to my Old Writing notes I released after I canceled my Silver Spoon story (before AI help was a thing), you can see EVERY brainworm and half-baked idea I had while I was writing it. You'll be able to see my original ideas and which ones I reused for this fic, That Particular Instance I Performed Metempsychosis As An Equine Named After A Piece Of Silverware.

Specifically look for the header in my notes that says "Witches". As for the spite stuff, I used the same premise for my other fic, Haunting Memories, when Chrysalis finds Spite as a new source of sustenance.

If you read it and still think it reads like AI slop, fair enough; tastes differ, and maybe my writing just lands that way. But the ideas and execution? Mine. No outsourcing the soul of it.

>>11632
Here's also the final response by the moderator:

>Eldorado:
>Unfortunately, I just do not believe you when you say these stories aren't at least partially AI-generated. The style is wildly different to your earlier style and all the hallmarks are there. I believe you're heavily editing what it's spitting out, or maybe giving it a starting point and letting it work it over, but you're doing something beyond just spellchecking and brainstorming.

>I say "stories" because that Pinkie one-shot you added a bunch of "rewrite" chapters to, that also doesn't even remotely look the same as how you were writing before. I totally get that style changes over time, people either improve their skill or possibly even get rusty after years of inactivity and get worse, sure. But people don't stop writing for a couple years, start writing again "with AI assistance JUST to brainstorm and organize," and then also magically develop all the classic hallmarks of soulless LLM text generation that masquerades as "writing." I cannot be convinced that's the case.

>And if I truly am wrong in this, if you really are only using it to a limited degree and this is how you're just writing now, then that should be an even bigger wakeup call than anyone yelling at you about the nature of art or blaming you for climate change. This is what text generated by an AI looks like. If it really is you, then you have been trained by your "just a tool," and it has stolen your ability to write like a thinking, breathing human being.

>>11633
>>11634
Seems like a borderline case then. My guess is the guy probably did use AI for a lot of it, the prose has that flat, lifeless feel to it that most AI stories have. Still, it can't really be proven, and I think taking down a popular story just because some people on discord complained that it might have been AI-generated is extreme. Just delete proven or obvious instances of AI-only stories and leave everything else alone, let them stand or fall based on whether or not people enjoy them. I still think the AI panic is mostly just porn authors butthurt because their commissions are drying up.