Echestnut

i have read probs upwards of 400 HR fics in the past 3 months and i think i can count on one hand the number of fics i've suspected may have been created with the help of AI. and even then, it was just a suspicion. i had no proof. it's absolutely NOT the widespread thing that people are acting like it is.

some of you only think that it is because the overwhelming majority of the "proof" you are pointing to is a load of nonsense. posting a lot? maybe the author writes fast or pre-writes long fics. using flowery language? maybe that's their style, maybe it's just a normal way of writing and you should read more widely to familiarise yourself with that style. inconsistencies? it's fanfiction! it's a hobby! not everyone proofreads. uses em dashes? this is just punctuation! repeating similar words/phrases? this happens ALL THE TIME, even in trad pub'd work, and again, it's a fun lil hobby people are doing in their spare time usually without the support of multiple editors and proofreaders. it's not evidence of anything other than the author likes that word/phrase.

like truly it's giving baby's first fandom, or maybe even baby's first time reading a work of fiction.

the daily witch hunts, the constant call out posts, the accusatory comments, the picking a fic writer's work apart on reddit or twitter. today i saw someone has started an ao3 collection specifically stating they ~believe~ everything they've added is AI generated. this is just not okay. you literally do not have proof. you're being paranoid. you're making fic writers delete their accounts, take down their works, discouraging them from ever sharing anything with you again. and you're making fellow fans miserable too by telling them everything they like isn't real, when again, 99% of the time you have no evidence.

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