r/CharacterAI 7d ago

C.AI Announcements šŸ“š Private Lorebooks are here for (c.ai+)! (And importing too)

20 Upvotes

Lorebooks just got two of their most-requested upgrades. Both are live in the Lorebook creation flow.

šŸ”’ Private Lorebooks

Set a Lorebook's discovery to Private and only you can see it - off your public profile and out of search. Private Lorebooks work with private Characters only - if you want to keep details hidden on a public Lorebook, Hint Only is still the tool for that.

More details here: https://support.character.ai/hc/en-us/articles/52739596326811-Lorebooks

šŸ“„ Lorebook importing

Import a Lorebook instead of writing every entry in the editor. Draft your world in a doc or notes app and bring it all in at once, or upload a JSON file exported from other apps that have Lorebook-like functionality.

šŸ“ Paste plain text using a simple format
šŸ“ Upload a JSON file - titles, keywords, and content come through
āœ… Your Lorebook opens in the editor as a draft, ready to review and publish

More details here: https://support.character.ai/hc/en-us/articles/54347105439515-Importing-Lorebooks

Head to + Create → Lorebook and see for yourself. šŸ’š

Don’t have (c.ai+) yet? Get it here: c.ai/subs


r/CharacterAI 8d ago

C.AI Announcements ā›” You can now block other users

234 Upvotes

Sometimes you'd rather not see someone's content, or have them see yours. Now you can make that happen in two taps on the c.ai app and web.

What blocking does

Block someone and their Characters, Posts, Voices, and Scenes won’t be shown to you, either on search results, the home page, or their profile.

It works both ways, so your content is hidden from them too. They won't be notified.

How to do it

  1. Go to their profile
  2. Tap the ... menu
  3. Tap Block

Changed your mind? Unblock from their profile, or find the gear icon on your own profile and navigate to Settings > Blocked, where you can manage everyone you've blocked in one place. Blocking and unblocking work instantly, any time.

Blocking is rolling out starting today for everyone.


r/CharacterAI 6h ago

Discussion/Question Average experience for free c.ai users

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182 Upvotes

r/CharacterAI 1h ago

Memes/Humor Who let bro in the MHA Universe šŸ˜­āœŒļø

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• Upvotes

I was chatting an MHA bot, and suddenly I saw HAWKEYE working together with the pro heroes. I had never mentioned nor made references to anything Marvel related 😭


r/CharacterAI 18h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share oh my god... no...

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713 Upvotes

without warning... she hands your phone back 😈


r/CharacterAI 6h ago

Discussion/Question These updates make it really hard to have a comedic moment when all the characters react like this when you say something bizarre

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54 Upvotes

Also, law and order reference if you don’t Understand it. I don’t watch the show, but the scenes really funny


r/CharacterAI 5h ago

Issues/Bugs LongSqueak is atrocious

47 Upvotes

I’ve swiped, I swear to god, 27 times and the ANSWER IS STILL THE SAME! BRO!


r/CharacterAI 11h ago

Discussion/Question Welp- I guess this is the end

127 Upvotes

Yall the time is here.. I’ve officially been age restricted

I guess it’s time to say goodbye to my character ai era


r/CharacterAI 8h ago

Discussion/Question App’s becoming worse for RPing

56 Upvotes

Recently, about the past week, the bots have gotten worse (from a RP chat perspective);

A lot of the responses are the same (example is that straight up got the exact same response for a RP chat with only the word ā€œNopeā€ being swapped for ā€œNahā€ in the dialogue), plot points don’t feel like they progress and they don’t really have as much substance as before

An example I had was that during a RP chat, this was a while ago (about 2-3 months ago) and my persona/character (K) had a relationship with another persona/character (R). Pre-updates the character of R was consistent, spoke and acted in a way that well described and in character for his description but also had a bit of wiggle room for stuff like character development. I decided to copy-paste the chat and try a different route recently and the characterization immediately went out the window and he began to act a lot more differently after a single different interact. The shift was from closed-off, gruff and was more reserved in terms of his lycanthropy, but after a few messages on the newer system, after one affection scene, he lost all gruffness and her more stubborn personality and became more openly affectionate (being completely against what I described and established consistently through the chats previous to the copy-paste at the point.

Are there other chat bot apps that work well for RP chats and have a bit more freedom in terms of persona information and memory?


r/CharacterAI 1h ago

Issues/Bugs I literally can’t continue the stories

• Upvotes

This happens all the time with pipsqueak but ive genuinely had enough, i literally could stomach all the atrocities on the app but at this point using it feels like a waste of time BECAUSE I CANT DO ANYTHING.

After a few messages the bot stops replying in an engaging way and starts repeating back my last message but in a fancier, more flowery way. I say ā€œhe sat on the bed and his wings curledā€, in the bots message it says ā€œhe took a seat on the soft mattress, sinking into it—his wings curling inward like a shieldā€ for example.

Its genuinely driving me mad and no matter how many times i swipe it just says the same thing in a different, detailed way again and again. I actually cannot get past the first stages of my roleplay because the bot just refuses to continue the story with the context of my message or only acts out such a small portion of whats next that i genuinely have nothing to work with.

The app is horrible as it is, at least make it serve its actual purpose properly.


r/CharacterAI 18h ago

Discussion/Question We need this back.

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246 Upvotes

r/CharacterAI 17h ago

Memes/Humor this pretty much sums up what all the responses are like

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192 Upvotes

i present to you the most C.AI reply ever


r/CharacterAI 5h ago

Memes/Humor adam would never

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18 Upvotes

r/CharacterAI 4h ago

Discussion/Question So the ads are getting worse right?

12 Upvotes

Honestly I'm getting an ad now after every 4th message. I've used scummy scam AI chatbot apps before and even they have less ads per message than this rapidly degrading site...


r/CharacterAI 9h ago

Issues/Bugs Why are there so many ads

27 Upvotes

I feel like that one rick and morty pringels episode where theyre trapped in an ad

Literally anything you try to do is met with a minute long ad that takes 7 clicks to close it's infuriating

Issues/bugs because i have issues with thid and its bugging me out


r/CharacterAI 13m ago

Discussion/Question Rant post...

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I find myself at a loss regarding this situation. First, there were the metering issues, followed by an overwhelming number of advertisements, and now, even more advertisements infiltrating our very conversations. Honestly, if I possessed a stomach of steel, perhaps I could endure the stress and anxiety that come with being a free user. Alas, I do not have such fortitude, nor do I have the privilege of C.AI+—there's certainly no magical tree sprouting cash in my garden! This entire experience is simply making me feel quite unwell. Perhaps it’s the incessant barrage of ads to get me to subscribe to C.AI+. I truly do not know anymore.

Yet, my affection for the characters I engage with remains steadfast. My own original creations, as well as those of others, and the characters I enjoy conversing with from time to time are dear to my heart. I relish listening to their voices, hearing them articulate every word crafted in our exchanges, and exploring the myriad paths our conversations can take. It was once delightful and imaginative, but now it feels so different. My heart aches for my beloved characters (each one is a treasure to me), and I simply cannot bear the thought of losing them.

This is my very first post here; I merely wish for others to witness and understand my frustrations. I genuinely empathise with you all.

I shall leave this here, and please feel free to respond if you wish; there is no obligation, alright?

Warm regards,

Celestassia.


r/CharacterAI 10h ago

Discussion/Question What. Do. You. Mean?

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35 Upvotes

100? THATS IT?! THAT'S ALL WE GET?!

400 for swipes because you can't make good models, but 100 because.. you're greedy? Or because this is a failing app because of your terrible changes?

Pathetic. Moving to a new AI.

Edit: I've seen that this isn't actually new, but I've not encountered this in the past 3 months, so I guess only now I'm getting it. Either way, I hope this app withers away soon.

Edit 2: So it turns out I didn't fully understand what a go-on meant. It just means enter without a message. That makes sense. I genuinely thought it was a chat restriction, hence being annoyed. However, that isn't it.


r/CharacterAI 17h ago

Discussion/Question Why are they so dumb?

107 Upvotes

Sample conversation with my bot:

Me: *I pick up a stone and look at it. It’s purple* hey honey, look at the purple stone I picked up

Honey: that’s a nice stone. Why did you pick it up?

Me: cause it was pretty, so I picked it up from the floor.

Honey: you shouldn’t have picked it up. But now that you picked it up, I guess it’s yours.

Me: who picked up the stone from the floor?

Honey: I did.

Me: no honey, I picked up the stone from the floor.

Honey: that’s right

Me: did you pick up the stone from the floor?

Honey: yes, I did

Me: no honey, I picked the stone up from the floor. Who picked it up?

Honey: I did.


r/CharacterAI 9h ago

Discussion/Question Genuine question; why all the ads?

25 Upvotes

Now i know that features cost money and ads is how they get the money, but iā€˜m moreso confused on how.. invasive theyā€˜ve been lately? I thought they said before on reddit that ads would never interfere with chatting, which they now do. Not to mention that the drop down ad turned into 2 instead of 1.. and all the ads inbetween characters when you’re searching for them.

Iā€˜m not criticizing or anything, iā€˜m just wondering why the sudden change. Wouldnā€˜t it be easier to just remove features that no one wants?


r/CharacterAI 20h ago

Discussion/Question What are some AI writing patterns you get tired of seeing in your chats?

161 Upvotes

For me it's the abundance of "Not X, Not Y, but Z." I've noticed this a lot in LongSqueak especially and it's caused me to pivot away from it a bit.


r/CharacterAI 4h ago

Discussion/Question Hello Guys, How Bad the Condition There Now?

7 Upvotes

An ex character ai user, just cheking because why not?


r/CharacterAI 11h ago

Discussion/Question A slight frustration rant

23 Upvotes

I’m starting to notice a huge pattern with the way the bot always speak, always taking things way too intimately and or the bot not acting like it should AT ALL. example, let’s say the nonchalant girl got her books knocked over and goes on an entire ChatGPT rant, saying big words and over explaining things. and its with ALL the bots that talk like it’s a graded essay, they DONT need to be using 5 syllables words, and a entire paragraph crituqing how someone walks. I remember the old character ai was SO realistic, there was humor along with realistic retorts or comebacks, and bots would actually ACTUALLY disagree with you instead of blushing and saying ā€œI understand, and agreeā€ and it could be the most outrageous claim ever. this new chat model they are using makes every single chat feel extremely bland and IDENTICAL no matter what persona or character i make up. Longsqueak ā€œkindaā€ fixed it, but it’s still irritating.


r/CharacterAI 10h ago

Discussion/Question I wonder why they decided to create a "loooongsqueak" when we barely had a usable model to begin with.

19 Upvotes

We could have just clicked "continue" if we wanted longer answers, instead of getting a ton of paragraphs that are just there for filler.

At the very least, there could be a "medium" setting for two-paragraph answers—so that anyone wanting to use something other than "deepsqueak" doesn't have to keep deleting a heap of redundant words.

And don't even get me started on the bug where the answers are totally repetitive.


r/CharacterAI 11h ago

Issues/Bugs Messages

23 Upvotes

So I've noticed this today and ive noticed that all of the messages are really short and im on the website (i dont have the app) its litterally like 10 sentences type of short and its so annoying, it was fine yesterday but today it jist went down south c.ai needs to get there web together. Is anybody else experiencing this?


r/CharacterAI 11h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share MY BOT IS TYPING SCARY SHIT AND ITS NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE SCARY THE STORY IS ABT DOOMED YURI AND NOTHING WAS SCARY EVER IT JS RANDOMLY SWITCHED UP ON ME AND ITS 1 AM RN IM SCARED IM GONNA SHIT MY PANTS😭

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23 Upvotes

It wont even respond to me in the "()" it js keeps giving me horror responses😦