Before You Recklessly Accuse an Author of Ai...

I find it fascinating after writing for many years and being a published author for a decade (though success technically started with ATS 3. Better success in 2018 with Rise)

Ai intrudes into our creative space, then some time later, someone has the audacity to accuse you of it.

Like, a huge wtf. Now, I've made it clear of my disdain for Ai in the writing space plenty of times. Big tech forced it in and those of us who are just minding our own are stuck dealing with the consequences of it.

Don't do that. Consider being helpful and directing that shit toward the actual problem;

Like many authors, I spend thousands of hours in Microsoft Word painstakingly writing and crafting my stories and out of a near unexplainable passion. It's fine if you're not a fan of the story, preference is preference. But think carefully before joining in the Ai witch hunt, especially for authors that have been writing since long before this Ai shit became a thing. You're pointing fingers at the wrong people and definitely not helping the grave situation we're already in.

One of these days, all of your entertainment could end up as shitty Ai slop. You'd end up wishing that you put your accusatory finger to actual good use.

Artists got it bad. Writers, musicians, and even video content creators are on the current chopping board. Big tech is essentially trying to drive out the creative industry. Don't point the Ai finger lightly nor leave it in anyone's reviews. It's not helpful to anyone. You're only damaging what remains of the industry. Even if you don't care, "it's not your problem": In the future (probably the near) as you're smothered with nothing that's real, all Ai garbage and slop, you'll probably look back wishing you resisted Big tech's pull a little more. Don't have to take my word for it. Just browse around, watch some videos explaining the problem with the Ai push in the creative industry, review the current crazy Ai bubble. Look at the Ai experiment they did on reddit. How people had no idea.

That's all.

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-I usually ignore 1 star reviews, as they're unhelpful, usually posted in malice, and generally the people that write these are the making of their own problems. I caught a glimpse of the 1 star in Youngest Son audiobook, gave it a read, and could immediately tell this person didn't read much of the book at all unfortunately. Claims to be a Rise CPM fan (as some of bs'rs do), but didn't think we could click their username to glance at their reads, as well as the number of helpful votes. Unsurprisingly no Rise reads/reviews nor helpful votes. Just an unhelpful review dumped onto YS. Nothing new though for authors. He Who Fights with Monsters and even DCC got some strange 1-star reviews. People are f'n weird too. They rage post but don't actually read what they wrote to the author... Remember how you look when dropping them. Yes, we talk shit about you too .

Thankfully authors or other readers can't response to each other's reviews. It'd be flame war city. Someone would probably create a Youtube channel designed to roast and troll there.

That's why it's best to leave no review for stories you pass on unless you've got some coherent constructive criticism [which would actually be read in a different star tier.]

If I do glimpse for commentary from the readers, it's only the 4-5 since I'll actually see it. Even the 3 star reviews aren't helpful anymore (even when I'm unsure about something.) This doesn't not apply to all authors. Most ignore all reviews, which is healthy. Reviews stopped being for authors a long time ago. But they also stopped being helpful to readers as well. As a big, big reader, I find it easier to rely on word of mouth, samples, or to hop into something with a shrug "if it's good, it's good. If not, fuck it." People return shit like it's a library anyway. For KU, you can simply move on.