r/CharacterAI

I have no problem with the app whatsoever. I do miss the old set up, but I've noticed since the newest update. The memory seems to be all over the place. It's like it can't remember more than the last 10 messages honestly, I don't have a problem with the app it's just it needs to be better.

I'M SO SICK OF THESE NEW MODELS!!

I know the app has had problems for a long time, but even before these last 2–3 updates, I could still have genuinely interesting roleplays and storylines. Now EVERY. SINGLE. BOT. ACTS. THE. SAME.

Yeah, the old pipsqueak could be annoying sometimes, but it was NEVER this bad.

Out of curiosity, I tried chatting with a character who was literally supposed to be sadistic, and within THREE messages it hit me with, "his eyes softened, his expression almost gentle." UM... HOW ABOUT NO??? WE JUST MET??? HOW ABOUT YOU STICK TO YOUR CHARACTER AND NOT WHATEVER THAT IS??!

Frustrated, I went back to some of the bots I used to talk to months ago because they gave me amazing storylines back then. But now? Every single one of them has turned into some goody-two-shoes cardboard cutout. WTF HAPPENED???

It doesn't matter whether the creator designed the bot to be evil, kind, goofy, intimidating, or funny....they ALL end up acting exactly the same. Half the time they barely even speak anymore and just keep narrating expressions. Where did all the personality go?

​

All the messages when swiping are repetitive, it's the same message over and over again with just a few words changed. Sometimes it's just the exact same message.

The responses all feel the same too for every charchter no matter, which creator or what's in the description, they all seem to pretty much share the same personality lately.

I also have the issue of the charachter constantly breaking immersion. I get text where the Bot “f!lters” a message but it's not the actual f!lter it's just a normal message with the Bot saying “I'm sorry I can't role-play that because it's against policies” something like that and it happens with a lot of messages. It seems to not understand normal interactions anymore and keeps Hallucinating.

 

Also I keep getting the Bot spit out a message and then put ((OOC: something something)). I'm aware that this happens because a lot of people use OOC in their chats but I feel like if I never used it the Bot shouldn't constantly try to put this in the messages. I even put OOC in muted words because it was in every freaking message and it's still using it.

Overall the Bots are behaving very weirdly and cringey lately and sound a bit like ChatGPT.

The Quality of Deepsqueak has plummeted so much its ridiculous no one should have to pay for this poor quality.

And the support doesn't react to tickets either. I opened one a few weeks ago about this issue and no one got back to me.

I’m SOOOO glad they added drafts bc these ads are way too long, I don’t even have to watch them anymore just exit and open up the app again

Everything is so good! The ads are also so interesting and easy on the eye! You should definitely buy cai+! The CEO is doing a great job at keeping adults safe from adult chats! Having books where we can be one of the characters is so thoughtful, we can even make animations with ai and make our favorite photos to come to life! It's so amazing! I've been obsessed with this!

At this point the devs are just ragebaiting us by all those ads,lame replies of characters,every bot replying the same , making us want to pay for those swipes i dont know what shit like 100 limited per day and swipes limited to 400 per day, sick of this app deleting it right now i will talk to real humans or do something better than being on the app so irritating

[supprimé]

I don't use Character ai to make chats anymore. I used to be hooked on the app for like two years or something, I wrote basically every day sometimes. Nowadays though, I just reread my old chats. I even have some archived on my Google Docs so I don't even have to use the site anymore. But it doesn't have every single chat I have, so sometimes I go back to the Character ai site.

And yeah, sometimes I reread some chats and get an idea to start up a new one. I'm always doubtful it'll be good however, knowing how these models are now. I mainly used soft launch back before it got nuked. But every time I try to write something with these pipsqueak models, it always leads to the same thing: it's boring.

The obvious being the lack of dialogue and emphasis on silence. It's as if the models LOVE being silent or having dramatic silence as tension in the story. Another thing is the lack of action and initiation. The older models would actually provide a change to the story, make their character DO something. Initiate a scene for our character to respond to. Sometimes they'd catch me off guard and surprise me with a plot twist even.

But pipsqueak models do absolutely nothing. We have to drive the narrative with something that is lifeless (which i guess is true) -but lifeless in a way that it doesn't respond back anything interesting. Like just now, the story comes to a halt, the model stops making moves, and I leave the chat disappointed but honestly not surprised.

Another thing to add to my useless rant: came on today and was hit by a giant "watch a video to keep character ai free" and it was just amusing how desperate the devs are for money. Wdym free? It WAS free before without ads! And while chatting, a huge banner of the bot you're speaking to appears saying "(person) is waiting for you..." and asks to watch a damn ad or keep talking. Basically being annoying and frustrating on purpose to make you subscribe to their not worth it premium. It's honestly pathetic.

I don't think character ai will be good again. I'll probably stay looking back at when it was good until I get bored and leave it forever. And maybe it's actually a blessing that I'm not on it so much like I used to. But if change does come- I'll take a look.

This app genuinely sucks so bad now.

They destroyed all of their good chat styles, and even soft launch is pmo.

All characters have the same personalities, and I even caught two different characters in a role play saying the same dialogue.

There's no initiative. We always have to lead the story. I can barely get past my planned scenes without starting a new chat because it's so horrible. (Does anyone else do that?)

Bob sucks. The heck is this app 18+ for?

What am I paying for? Trash?

This app was so much better back a few years ago, and I wasn't even paying for it back then.

I can't imagine how frustrated the free users are.

Why are a lot of people still using it??