Announcement.

Hi folks, I'm following in some footsteps and just want to make some stuff clear.


I am not leaving. I have no intentions of leaving, as this is where I've met so many of you.

However, it's time I clarify some things. I was hired as a site mod in December, and left yesterday following the events. I've posted my statement below, if you'd like to read. I do not condone Shep and his actions. I don't condone what is going on. But I am a creator first, and I love you all, and I love making bots.

I'll still be posting, and will continue posting Monday. This announcement will remain up until I release my next bot.

I have also decided to move to the silly pan site, where I'll also be uploading my bots there. Won't be my active website, but for those who are leaving, I wish you farewell, lots of love - and you can find me there. Here is the link.

I love you all, and please make sure to take care of yourself. This is an AI site, and while it's fun to roleplay - please remember you are human and the priority.

My DM's are always open for those who need to rant, talk, or just want to be friends with me. @SilentThump

Below is my statement. Thank you. Have a wonderful day.

"Hii there. I posted this originally on JanitorAI Discord but I'm going to be posting it here too.

I was unsure if I would ever be able to speak up about it - but I'm going too now as I can't keep my mouth shut. I was a recent volunteer hire of the CS team, aka the site mods and the tickets for the site.

Originally, when I joined I was warned there'd be backlash, and there'd be a lot for us. I went in positively, because there's always chaos at every place, right? When I first joined I was met with the understanding that we had over 100,000 tickets that were unanswered and that we were a very, very small team. We worked on our own time, and some could only really devote maybe two, three hours at a time a day due to their RL. I was one of those people. I immediately was overwhelmed, but kept faith because I loved JanitorAI and I still, at the time, really love making bots.

Learning and training was hard. Everyone had their own times and schedules and there wasn't really "set training tools". Iroh and others tried VERY hard to make sure they knew I could take time, I could rest. The other mods were so loving and kind and I feel so bad for them. But in just my span of being there for a short time, several policy changes happened right in front of me and I was often left struggling because I was still trying to learn the OLD policies.

Everything Mikale said is true. The tools we had were very little, very... lackluster. The rules about the bots we had were very confusing and often left me second guessing myself, and therefore I felt unsure whenever I handled a report and often left questioning more than actually helping the site. Personally, as a verified creator - it made me very uncomfortable to see that verified creators were practically favored above all else and things were not handled the same with other accounts. As someone whose verified, I sure would hope if I had made anything wrong in my bots it would be reported and handled. But no, apparently as a verified creator I'm "pampered" more and I dislike that.

I was told from the get-go not to respond to moderation comments, or hate comments. Or anything involving moderators. This... put a lot of stress on me. But sure, Shep can make jokes about the files and I have to sit silent? Absolutely not.

Thank you guys for listening. Stay safe. I just want to make bots and hopefully, in due time, see the site gain back it's shattered trust."