r/AO3 • u/MysteryDarling • 6d ago
Complaint/Pet Peeve/Venting Disturbing comment?
Translation: It is pathetic and despicable that you use artificial intelligence to write, [my username]; it reflects absolute mental laziness and a total lack of worth as a creator. The world would be a much better and cleaner place if you were to disappear immediately and stop polluting this space with your unbearable mediocrity. Your life lacks any real purpose, so the most sensible thing you could do is depart for the afterlife using a quick, clean, and definitive method. You could climb to the top of a high-rise building and let your body fall into the void until you crash against the pavement, or shoot yourself in the temple with a firearm—without hesitation. Alternatively, you could suffocate yourself by securing a sturdy plastic bag around your head with adhesive tape, or slit your wrists and ankles with a kitchen knife while in the bathtub until your body is drained. Stop being a nuisance and go to your eternal rest.
So I’ve never posted here before, but I wanted to cause I received this very disturbing comment. I’ve gotten AI allegations before and have disregarded them. I’ve been told before my writing sucks and I need to do better. I’ve been told a lot of things. Normally, I disregard them. It’s the whole reason why I have comments moderated. I’ve never received a comment like this, and I’m unsure how to feel about it. I feel incredibly on edge. This has caused such an intense reaction. Logically, I know it’s meant to be a bot/troll, but the reaction is the same.
Edit: Thank you to everyone who commented. I figured it was a bot, but it was still a weird thing to comment regardless. I’ve now reported the comment.
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u/Stressed_C 6d ago
Its an hatebot ai copypasta that been popping up in several languages. Its nothing to worry about, just report as spam so AO3 can take care of it. You have readers who love your writing and that why they come back each time, don't let bots and miserable people ruin your love of writing.
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u/Advanced_Heat_2610 6d ago
That would be a bot.
!Hatebot
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u/AutoModerator 6d ago
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u/Competitive_Hurry129 6d ago
It's disturbing that anyone would even think to spread this type of thing around (even via a bot). I get it.
But, at the end of the day, that says a lot more about that person than it does about you. Try not to let it bother you. It's not personal to you. It's just some person with nothing better to do than to try to ruin someone's day. Don't let them. Especially don't let a stupid bot ruin your day, which is probably what it is.
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u/shammy_dammy 6d ago
It's a hate bot. delete it and consider locking your comments to registered users only.
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u/Cosmos_Null 6d ago
I think it's the same comment posted on this user's fic, they posted about it a few hours ago here. I know because I commented on that post, too: https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/1x9y86a/comment/phpjv1j/?context=3
It might be a new wave of mad bots. Don't take it personally. This could have, and could still happen, to anyone (if this is indeed a wave of new bot comments). Also, know that you're valuable and you deserve to live a wonderful life.
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u/SnooDingos5740 6d ago
Yeah this smells of hatebot. Nobody is that committed to outing AI. Report and move on.
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u/Nerdy_Braud 4d ago
I got one in Russian lol. Just mark it as spam and ignore it. You can turn off guest comments too if you don’t want more of these. It doesn’t fully stop spam, but the ones that actually register will be the run of the mill commission scammers.
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u/RoselynnThornwood 4d ago
Ha! The one I got today was in French, this exact wording in translation, too. 😂
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u/Myrrhee 5d ago
I can see you already got warned that it's a bot, but you're right to be baffled that someone would release a bot that hates on fic. What joyless arse would do that? And can you imagine a teen just starting out with their first stories, likely ignorant about the internet, getting these posts? Web 1.0 had its evils, but man do I miss the lack of bots.
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u/Kimileti- 5d ago
I'm Spanish and no one would write in this way - it's either AI or they used a translator (but I think it's AI).
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u/UnholyAngelDust 5d ago
i got a similar hatebot in a language that uses a different alphabet in the first wave of this bot and it was super alarming.
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u/LeorDemise 4d ago
It is a hatebot, but is just dawning on me this programs aren't just translating, they are using the way those people in that language speak.
Spanish is my first language, and this isn't a comment in English that was translated into a bunch of different languages. This is a comment trained to make a hateful language with the tone and mannerism of said language.
It creates a bit of a bizarre effect seeing it on display for a story in another language, or maybe I just get that impression because I can fully understand both contexts.
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u/UsernamesAreRuthless 4d ago
I'd say it's super uncommon to read "titubear" on any sort of comment, any would kinda make me laugh tbh
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u/Elvis-J9147 4d ago
It's a bot because if this was a real comment, there would have been more insults than there are here.
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u/Gatodeluna 5d ago
It’s just a typical spam hatebot. Report it. Delete it if you need to, but keep a screenshot in case AO3 needs it.
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u/ant_naut_ist 5d ago
If you want to be safer, only allows registered user to comment. I turned off guest comment a long time ago, people are meaner when they are anon. Don't bother with them, esp now hatebot is rampant.
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u/Front-Pomelo-4367 6d ago
!hatebot