u/Seraitsukara

There's been a growing problem with repetitive posts that are basically identical to each other. People just aren't checking the subreddit before posting and it's getting annoying. At the same time, I don't want to become a copy of r/ChaiUnofficial that has stricter posting guidelines. This subreddit was made on the basis of not removing posts and comments, barring the rules I already have set up.

I've set up an automation that will prompt users to check the subreddit before posting. I would like it to show up every time, but it works on keywords, so I'm trying to add all the relevant ones. Currently the key words are; greedy, filter, happened, deleted, disappear, disappearing, question, anyone, messages, token, tokens, unlimited, gone, limit, chai. If you have other key words you think should be added to the list, let me know!

If any of those words appear in the title or body of a post the following message will appear;

>It looks like you might be posting about a common issue regarding message limits, the filter, token limits, and other current issues. Please look through the subreddit before posting, and engage with those existing posts instead.

The goal is to push people to comment on existing posts rather than make an identical one. Wording of the message will probably change, but the core of it will stay the same. This does NOT block people from posting, and I am not implementing any stricter posting guidelines.

Woke up to a bunch of posts and comments reported under rule 7. All were talking about how expensive AI is to run, or talking about Chai is a business and not a charity, etc. I've seen some suspicion that anyone saying these things is a lurking Chai dev.

A recent article on Chai's new filters had a bit about how everyone was in the office for 12 hours on a Saturday getting the new filters released. There is a tendency to vastly overestimate the time any of them have to lurk on this sub for ways to make things worse. They know we exist, but they have much more important things to do.

AI is expensive. Even big companies like Open AI are losing billions a year. For a smaller company like Chai, that doesn't have the same investor power, staying on top of costs is a lot more difficult. Someone pointing that out isn't an undercover dev or a 'bootlicker'.

Now if someone's saying that while being rude and insulting people, yes, that breaks rules and you can report, or send me a modmail (preferably with a link to the offending post or comment please) for me to take a look. Modmail or a DM gets my attention faster.

There is a lot to criticize chai about already. We don't need to bury our heads in the sand about the cost like it's just Chai being greedy. The decision to use a 'better' LLM that prevents limited free messages for everyone, Will's recent comments being very rude, limited messages not being given out fairly (within the same country, some get 771, some get unlimited, some get none), app features coming and going with no warning, chat deletion isn't following the 14/30 day rule we were told of, and more.

I've got 2 scenarios where a character starts off with 1 name, and shifts to another. In both cases it's leading to problems as the memories get logged with the name being used at the time, so when the name changes, those memories will no longer activate when needed.

Scenario 1 has a baby dragon. His real name isn't known for a little while, so the characters call him Terror. His character card has his real name, Sio, since the vast majority of the story has him with his real name. Once he's called Sio, though, memory cards that listed him as Terror no longer trigger. I've been going through and manually adding Sio to these cards, but I don't know if there's a better method.

Scenario 2 has my character, a genetically engineered monster, as 825. Her character card lists the name 825. She doesn't earn her name Frost till late in the story, but again, once she's being called Frost, stuff doesn't activate properly anymore. If I put her name as Frost, then it'll be the same problem with Sio/Terror, plus the added issue of other characters in the story constantly using a name she shouldn't have yet.

Feel free to recommend and discuss your favorite alternatives to Chai here. Comments will still be held to rule 8 (no deceptive advertising/undisclosed affiliation). Posts about, asking for, or showcasing alternatives will be removed and directed here.

In the wake of some scammy apps I was given a list of questions by u/ Ok-Aide-3120 to vet the devs of other apps. If you're advertising for an app, giving the following details would be helpful;

1. A very transparent approach. Details on what model they use (none of them use "proprietary models", unless they somehow stumbled upong 1.5 million dollars for training), what quant, is it self hosted or API.
2. if it's a mobile apps, what are the permissions required for the device, with proof of said permissions.
3. where is the data stored? What are the logging policies? If they are using API, what is the logging policy of the API and what service aggregator/router are they using.
4. What security framework are they using for their platform? Since they are all vibecoded anyway, details from Claude/GPT/Gemini/etc., regarding security framework following the development.
5. A clear and concise plan for monetizing. There is no such thing as free AI, so they all plan to roll out some form of payment asap. There needs to be a clear plan on what they want to monetize on and how. Terms like "better chats and better memory" for payment plan is bullshit. Concrete explanation what is gained and how they plan to balance paying users vs free users (free users cost money). Ads for free users is acceptable, but there needs to be an explanation who is the add provider (most likely google ad sense, but you never know what scammy ass provider these people chose).

For users just looking for a new app, if a dev hasn't provided the above information, it's recommended you ask them, and if they won't or can't answer, that's your warning to stay away.

A new community has been started to help people find alternative to Chai! Check out r/ChaiAlternatives and share your favorite one there!

I'm in the postdrome phase of one of the worst migraines I've had in years, and I got it in the stupidest way ever. When I get startled, it hurts. It's usually a burst of pain in my chest, that radiates out to my limbs to my fingers and toes then reflects back up. My husband is pulling out of a gas station parking lot, and hits a spot of damp gravel, making this awful screech sound. I got that painful burst of panic, but this one also included a shock of pain through the left side of my head.

That shock of pain turned into a level of pain I haven't felt in years within a few hours. My migraines are mostly an issue of the other symptoms (depression, fatigue, brain fog, etc.) instead of pain, but this one had me writhing in bed, sobbing, with a rubbing alcohol soaked paper towel to keep the nausea at bay long enough for meds to work. All because of a patch of wet gravel....

So what's the stupidest thing that triggered a migraine for you?

Feel free to recommend and discuss your favorite alternatives to Chai here. Comments will still be held to rule 8 (no deceptive advertising/undisclosed affiliation). Posts about, asking for, or showcasing alternatives will be removed and directed here.

In the wake of some scammy apps I was given a list of questions by u/ Ok-Aide-3120 to vet the devs of other apps. If you're advertising for an app, giving the following details would be helpful;

1. A very transparent approach. Details on what model they use (none of them use "proprietary models", unless they somehow stumbled upong 1.5 million dollars for training), what quant, is it self hosted or API.
2. if it's a mobile apps, what are the permissions required for the device, with proof of said permissions.
3. where is the data stored? What are the logging policies? If they are using API, what is the logging policy of the API and what service aggregator/router are they using.
4. What security framework are they using for their platform? Since they are all vibecoded anyway, details from Claude/GPT/Gemini/etc., regarding security framework following the development.
5. A clear and concise plan for monetizing. There is no such thing as free AI, so they all plan to roll out some form of payment asap. There needs to be a clear plan on what they want to monetize on and how. Terms like "better chats and better memory" for payment plan is bullshit. Concrete explanation what is gained and how they plan to balance paying users vs free users (free users cost money). Ads for free users is acceptable, but there needs to be an explanation who is the add provider (most likely google ad sense, but you never know what scammy ass provider these people chose).

For users just looking for a new app, if a dev hasn't provided the above information, it's recommended you ask them, and if they won't or can't answer, that's your warning to stay away.

I'm at a complete loss for internal parasites in my guppies. Earlier this year I euthanized every guppy I had over issues with parasites and some mystery infection that nothing cured. I tried every antiparasitic on the market and nothing worked. I made my own antiparasite food, I've bought premade food. I treated the water column. I combined treatments. Literal years doing everything I could and nothing worked.

I got new guppies, and they were in quarantine for 3 months. They had 2 rounds of an antiparasitic food with fenbendazole. I euthanized 2 black bar endler girls that weren't gaining wait within the first couple weeks. The 3rd seemed ok. She never got as plump as I wanted, but never got underweight and was dropping healthy fry. It took 5 months for any visible signs of parasites to show up.

My second bunch, 2 pairs of purple tigers, were in quarantine for 2 months. They also got the fenbendazole food. All 4 adults are healthy weight and not showing any signs of parasites.

Some adults in the main tank are having stringy white poop. That 3rd endler girl and a blue grass girl were losing substantial weight and I just had to put them down. Other juvenile males are starting to look skinny. In both my current guppies and my previous ones, once they start losing weight, they won't eat. They might pick at food, but they always spit it back out.

In the quarantine tank with about 40 purple tiger fry, a handful are having prolapses and stringy white poop.

So I'm doing another round of fenbendazole food and treating the water column with metronidazole and praziquantel. I am so tired. I don't know what more to do. I thought I did enough this time to have a healthy bunch of guppies, and I'm back to euthanizing them and watching them waste away.