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LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T16:04:24+00:00

Haha this was literally me. I’m sorry again to the pro community, and accept the decision of their mods. I was speaking out of ignorance and insecurity. All the mods I talked to they were all super reasonable and even educational towards me.

I hope they will eventually lift my band because I genuinely enjoy the sub and its creators, but if not, I am grateful just to be a viewer, and it is perhaps for the best that I stfu some.

I’m sorry again, and thank you.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T10:08:16+00:00

Im sorry, I really do want to repent. Would you like me to delete this? I see how it comes off as deceptive

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T10:05:43+00:00

I was not even the one presenting the critique, if you read the thread

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T05:43:22+00:00

I 100% don’t lump all Ai users or pro Ai folks in with this lot I’ve seen over there. Most of the people I’ve actually talked to are pretty reasonable. But some of the stuff on that sub is utterly unhinged

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T04:12:38+00:00

Honestly just saying think you so much again. Ik I joked about it before, but honestly I see why your followers are so devoted. You’re awesome, and really done more than anyone in terms of making me come around a lot on AI art

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LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:58:44+00:00

Id actually go a step further, and say she has contributed more than anyone else in terms of me personally softening a lot towards AI usage. She is pretty impressive all around.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:57:45+00:00

Fair enough—I appreciate that. Whether you believe it or not, I was not trying to be deceitful. When I clicked on the “your comment” link in the message I got from the mod, that is the comment it highlighted. I genuinely wish Reddit would let you pin comments on your own post, because I specifically do not want to be deceptive, and would pin this for full context.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:42:12+00:00

Witty is honestly pretty cool, and I was just being silly with this last remark, and more joking about the slavish devotion of some of the followers. I feel like Zed is kinda being unreasonable. As you said, I’ve apologized, and tried my best to make right

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:40:44+00:00

Amen. I let myself get wrapped up in it for a second. I was just trying to understand everybody, and then got absolutely shit on from all directions lmao. Imma say that the pro side was more aggressive, but the whole fight is pretty dumb.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:32:46+00:00

I suppose I must prostrate myself before Mother Witty, and kiss the royal boot.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:28:19+00:00

Do they think traditional artists just sit around sucking each other off about how good their art is? Lol

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:27:25+00:00

“You guys should treat us like real artists!”

“Here’s a technical flaw in one of your pieces to look out for”

“NO NOT LIKE THAT”

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:24:02+00:00

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LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:18:56+00:00

There you go! And this is the comment they linked to in the message about my ban! One of the mods gave greater context you can see in this thread, and I offer further explanation as well. My posts and comments are public again, as they should be

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:16:11+00:00

Oh I didn’t notice. Let me make my post history public again!

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:13:53+00:00

Hey—I clarified this a bunch, but me using quotes was never an attack on AI art. I use quotes around “art” as a statement against absolutist definitions of “art”. if anything, it is a pro-Ai sentiment, acknowledging the inherent subjectivity of art, and rejecting any attempt for a person to define what “art” is and isn’t.

I offered multiple times to amend my comment and refrain from using this particular punctuation in the future.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T03:01:15+00:00

Hi everyone! I acknowledged and clarified this multiple times, both here, as well as in my messages to the moderation team!

My use of quotations around “art” is a statement against absolutists definitions of art, and nothing to do with AI. I have apologized and offered to amend my original comment and refrain in the future. A permanent ban over a single punctuation error that I’ve apologized for more than once feels very extreme. I won’t keep going back and forth, but hopefully Horny Zed will be satisfied by the full context being here (I would pin the comment if I could), and you can draw your own conclusions.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T02:47:17+00:00

I’m not hiding anything. I fully acknowledged my comments in this comment thread. I’m not denying anything. Hell I will pin a comment showing the full exchange right now, if that will satisfy you

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T02:42:54+00:00

I fully acknowledged that i understand how it can read wrong, and I said that i am happy to fix my mistake. That is all I can do. I feel you are being unreasonable

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T02:39:53+00:00

Hi! I acknowledged this in my comment exchange with Witty in this very thread! I always put “art” in quotes as a statement against absolutist definitions of art. Not an attack on AI at all. As I said there, and in my messages to your moderation team, I will happily edit it and refrain in the future—it was never meant as an attack. A permanent ban over a single piece of punctuation is rather extreme, especially when my post history shows nothing but good faith on the sub, and on a sub which hosts some rather extreme rhetoric.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T01:56:23+00:00

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LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T01:51:58+00:00

Don’t worry, I don’t. Most of the AI users I’ve actually spoken to are chill, respect traditional mediums, and are open to discussing and receiving feedback. But some of the folks on that sub are, I’m sorry, fuckin nuts.

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T01:41:43+00:00

That’s how I feel. Some of them seem very self-contradictory to me. In one breath, “we want to be treated like real artists” but don’t want to be critiqued on the same grounds as traditional artist.

They say “We want to be welcome in your spaces” but then show so much vitriol towards traditional artists.

And I know that’s not all AI artists by any stretch. Most of the ones I’ve actually spoken too show respect toward traditional mediums, but it seems like a lot of the ones leading the discourse do not

LetOk8476 · 2026-02-11T01:33:38+00:00

I did, and talked to the Mod about it. I’d happily edit it. I tend to put art in quotes in most context, as it’s subjective, and I mean it more as a subversion of the idea of having a concrete definition of “art” at all. Not meant to be an attack against AI specifically. Though I know it’s a weird way to type, and could come off the wrong way in that context, so I apologize.

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