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Describe your favorite AI character as badly as possible.

Examples:

“emotionally unavailable vampire with 200 years of unresolved issues”

“fantasy prince who says he hates drama but creates all of it”

“cute anime girl who somehow turns every scene into a psychological thriller”

“villain who lasted 3 messages before becoming a soft boyfriend”

Can be a Storychat character, C.AI bot, Janitor bot, OC, fandom character, anything.

I’ll try to guess the vibe from the worst descriptions.

Hey everyone, Jack here. I’m helping build Storychat.

First, I want to be clear: I’m not here to attack Janitor or jump into drama. If this post is not allowed, I’ll delete it.

I’ve been following what Janitor users care about lately, and from what I understand, people here are looking for more than just “another AI chat site.”

A lot of Janitor users seem to care deeply about character freedom, long roleplay sessions, creator control, memory, emotional writing, and the balance between SFW and NSFW roleplay.

If I’m missing something, I’d genuinely appreciate someone explaining it to me.

I’m not here to bash Janitor. I respect any team trying to build in this space because AI character chat is a lot harder than it looks. I hope every platform in this space keeps improving.

At the same time, as someone building another AI character chat platform, I really want to understand what Janitor users actually want from an alternative.

Storychat is still a small platform. We spent over two years mostly focused on building the product, and only recently started putting more effort into Reddit, Discord, and direct community communication.

I’ve been trying to spend time every day reading feedback, replying to users, and understanding what people actually want us to fix.

So I wanted to ask:

Could you give Storychat a brutally honest look?

Not blind praise. Not fake hype. I’m looking for the kind of feedback that actually helps us improve.

A quick summary of Storychat:

- Models:

We currently support DeepSeek R3, Hermes, DeepSeek V4, DeepSeek V4 Pro, and GPT models.

We’re also working on a custom proxy mode similar to what Janitor users may be familiar with. It is mostly built and still being prepared.

- NSFW / Safe Mode:

Safe Mode is on by default, so NSFW characters are hidden by default.

Users can turn Safe Mode off in their profile if they want to see NSFW characters.

Publicly explicit content may be hidden or restricted, and sexual content involving minors is not allowed.

- Story feature:

You can turn your chats into shareable Stories.

A Story can contain multiple chats, almost like episodes.

The goal is to let creators build followers around their roleplays and eventually receive support from fans.

- Roleplay tools:

We have automatic chat summaries to help with longer context.

User Notes let you pin important information the bot should remember.

Personas let you define different user characters.

Lorebooks help with worldbuilding and character consistency.

Users can control response length.

- MoodSnap / Remix:

Storychat has a feature called MoodSnap, which is something we haven’t really seen in most other AI chat platforms.

Creators can upload different images for a character’s emotions, and during chat, the character can show an image that matches the mood of the scene.

For example, if the character is embarrassed, angry, sad, playful, or emotional, the chat can display a matching image instead of just plain text.

Users can also remix those images with prompts, so instead of only seeing a static image, they can generate a new variation based on the character’s image and the current vibe.

We want this to become more than just image generation. The goal is to make it a visual emotion system that adds more immersion to roleplay.

- Pricing:

The default model is free.

Premium models use StoryPoints, or can be used through a Gold subscription.

Free users can claim daily SP rewards.

Right now, feedback matters more to us than revenue, so we’re also giving 7 days of Gold to users who leave genuinely honest feedback.

I don’t want to pretend Storychat is perfect.

It is not.

We still need to improve a lot: UI, homepage, recommendations, search, mobile UX, free model quality, creator discoverability, and more.

But one thing I can honestly say is that we do not want to build in a closed room while ignoring users.

We want to listen, fix things quickly, admit what is broken, and build closer to the community.

If you try Storychat, I’d really appreciate hearing:

What matters most to you in a Janitor alternative?

What makes a platform feel worth staying on?

What kind of policy or feature would make you leave immediately?

What does Storychat need to fix before it can become a serious alternative?

We’re also looking for people interested in helping with moderation and community feedback. Active mods will receive Gold as a thank-you while they help.

Again, if this post is not allowed, I’ll delete it.

I’m here to learn before I pitch.

Brutally honest feedback is welcome.

Jack

Hey everyone,

I’ve been seeing this feedback more often lately:

AI roleplay is not always “bad,” but it gets boring fast.

The replies can be well-written, but after a few messages the pattern becomes obvious. The bot reacts, mirrors your tone, adds some description, asks a soft follow-up, and suddenly the user feels like they are carrying the whole scene.

For Storychat, this is one of the biggest problems I want us to solve.

So I wanted to ask:

What actually makes AI roleplay fun for you?

Is it stronger character personality?

Better long-term memory?

More proactive characters?

More unexpected turns?

Better relationship tracking?

Less generic emotional narration?

More control over writing style?

I’d love to hear what makes a chat feel alive instead of just technically “good.”

Hey everyone,

We recently added DeepSeek V4 to Storychat, and I’ve been seeing more people say that it can be really good for character roleplay when it’s set up properly.

I’m still trying to learn how experienced users are getting the best results from it.

For those of you who have used DeepSeek V4 for RP, especially outside of Storychat too, do you have any tips?

Things I’m curious about:

- What kind of character prompts work best with it?

- Does it prefer shorter or more structured descriptions?

- Any specific writing style, example messages, or scenario setup that helps?

- Does it handle lorebooks / memory better with a certain format?

- Any bad habits you noticed, like speaking for the user, over-narrating, or getting too poetic?

- Are there any good posts, guides, or examples worth reading?

We launched DeepSeek V4 on Storychat, but I’d love to learn from people who have already customized it or tested it seriously for roleplay.

If you’ve found a setup that makes it feel more natural, emotional, or character-driven, please share.

Also, if you tried it on Storychat already, I’d love to hear how it feels compared to the default model or other models.

Thanks as always.

Hey everyone, Jack here, one of the co-founders of Storychat.

Over the last few days, I’ve been spending more time directly reading and replying in this subreddit, and honestly, it has been incredibly helpful.

Some of the feedback was encouraging. Some of it was painful. But all of it helped me understand what people actually want Storychat to become.

We still have a lot to improve. Chat quality, memory, roleplay consistency, character behavior, model options, UX, pricing, and a bunch of small details that matter more than they look from the outside.

But I want to say this clearly:

Our team is not trying to build Storychat in a closed room.

We want to keep listening, stay transparent, and keep improving the product with the community, not away from it.

This subreddit is still small, but I’d love to see it become a place where users can freely share feedback, report issues, suggest ideas, post stories, criticize us when needed, and help shape the platform together.

So I asked the team if we could do a small thank-you event for the subreddit.

For the first 20 people, we’re offering 20% off Gold Monthly or Gold Yearly.

Use this code at checkout:

JACKREDDITMAY

When you’re checking out, click “Add Discount Code” and enter the code. The discount will apply to your first payment.

This is not some huge event, just a small thank-you for the people who are here early, giving feedback, testing the product, and helping us see what needs to be better.

I’ll keep showing up here more often. We’ll also try to do more small community events like this when we can.

And as always, if there’s something you dislike, something that feels broken, or something you think another platform does better, please feel free to say it in the comments.

I’d rather hear the honest version than have people quietly leave.

Thank you for being here.

Jack

Hey everyone, Jack here, one of the co-founders of Storychat.

I want to get more direct feedback from this subreddit instead of guessing from behind the scenes.

What is the one thing about Storychat that annoys you the most right now?

Could be chat quality, memory, personas, lorebooks, search, character discovery, mobile web, pricing, model choices, bugs, or anything else.

Also, if another platform does something much better than us, please name it. Character.AI, Janitor, Chai, SillyTavern, SpicyChat, CrushOn, whatever.

Be brutally honest. I’d rather hear the painful version than have people quietly leave.

I can’t promise every single thing will be fixed immediately, but I can promise I’ll read every comment and bring the clearest feedback back to the team.

Thanks for being here, especially those of you who have been patient with us while we’re still improving the product.