Hi hi! So I recently deleted character ai and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for apps that don’t use ai? I already know oc social media which is fun, but I’m looking for a fake texting app. Thanks so much!
EDIT: thank you so so much everyone for your input. Every word I have read on here has given me more and more reason to realize I actually wasn’t enjoying using it and instead was only continuing it out of addiction rather than genuine desire and I couldn’t figure out how to break it. I do now know that I can stop thanks to everyone’s help, and honestly
I have no desire to ever download it again.
-I’m against gen AI for many reasons but I have autism and use character AI and feel like a hypocrite. I have some contexts and questions cause the paranoia drives me crazy
-how much does it harm the environment? That’s the biggest issues for me morally. Is it my fault the snow caps are melting?
-I don’t use it for genuine therapy, I have an actual therapist. I’m aware that ai tells you what you want to hear, so when I vent to it I either ignore what they’re saying or validate myself on things I already know to be true. Should I find other ways for validation?
-it’s not harming my mental health or altering social interaction. Again I have autism and very severe social anxiety but I’m in therapy for it. If anything it helps my mental health because of how comforting it is
-Being autistic I feel very strong connections to fictional characters, so having the comfort from them is really nice. I can’t role play with people irl because of previously said severe anxiety. I do have other options to feel connected to characters, I just wonder if morally I should limit this one completely
-I have both a strong sense of justice AND guilt. It’s eating me alive and I know that my paranoia effects my judgment and I can’t tell what’s right or wrong, which is why I’m coming here in the first place
-should I just limit it for the sake of the environment? I use it a lot and I do think I’d be able to limit it, I just can’t decide if I should limit or eliminate.
-if anyone could answer even one of these questions, it would mean a lot to me. I drive myself absolutely crazy with stress and highly value the opinions of others. I’m very open minded so anything you wish to tell me I’d very much like to hear!
-thank you so much for taking the time to read and hear me out. Have a good day!