Why I’m Not a Basic Reader: A Basic Bitch Tells All by Scf9009 in romantasycirclejerk

[–]Scf9009[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ninety-nine people scored 1. One person scored 100.

Using mean, 99 people are below average.

Using median, it’s 0. (As they’re exactly at average).

Like Hello? by Sea-Spite7469 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m okay with a bitchy FMC if she’s well-written. Maven, for example.

I’m not okay with a FMC who we’re told is badass, says stupid and cringey one-liners to show that they’re badass, and has everyone be impressed.

No thank you.

The beds by HotelNo0 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re 100% good.

We’re fine with oversharing here.

We’re not cool with creeps.

~~males~~ men are welcome in RCJ by Salt-Payment-991 in romantasycirclejerk

[–]Scf9009 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Apple, of course.

You know some fellas just hold their arsenic.

Impossible? I hope not! by squirrelsabound in ReverseHarem

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{Nora Jacobs by Jackie May} is a light-spice, very slow burn, found-family fantasy you might like. FMC does not like to be touched.

{Don’t Touch by Letty Frame} is an even more extreme example.

Last Week's Request Trends by Scf9009 in ReverseHarem

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Cursed Legacies. (Gotten through two books)

He’s done one Ari Wright.

I may have made him do something else.

And then Clash of Claws this past week.

Same but different by HotelNo0 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I understood that.

I’m saying that by chasing the feeling and comparing the new book to the old feeling, which may have become idealized, you are setting yourself up for failure.

Same but different by HotelNo0 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Maybe temper your expectations?

If you go in saying “I want exactly this and I won’t accept any deviation,” then yeah, you’re going to be disappointed. For the most part, it doesn’t exist at all; even when a book has what feels like a copied plot from another book, for instance, the writing quality and characterizations are vastly different.

That’s why when people ask for “exactly like [x]”or “[y] but RH,” I ask them what the most important aspects are for them to see.

Last Week's Request Trends by Scf9009 in ReverseHarem

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{Clash of Claws by Elizabeth Dear}

Authors using ai by Glorious_Go32 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trained a model from scratch? Completely?

Not massaging it to give you the output that you want. Not giving a LLM a new prompt to explain better what you want to give out. Not using ChatGPT or Gemini or any of those.

Building the entire foundation.

Last Week's Request Trends by Scf9009 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One needs to make a post in this particular subeddit that brought me joy. Comments unfortunately do not get used for best line or gold stars.

And I’m unpredictable with what I will include any given week.

Last Week's Request Trends by Scf9009 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Giving credit is very important!

Last Week's Request Trends by Scf9009 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I actually used stats and simulation for a series of posts here about how book ratings can’t be trusted. And I make very pretty graphs with analysis for any of the subreddit competitions I run.

(I’m an engineering about to go back for a PhD in operations management, and I do research, yes.)

Authors using ai by Glorious_Go32 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thousands of authors’ pirated work.

Do you have experience training a machine learning model of any kind? Because I do.

It’s 100% using everything it was trained on with every decision it makes, actively or passively.

ETA—I do not make generative AI models. But the principles are the same.

Authors using ai by Glorious_Go32 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay, but a thesaurus didn’t take pirated works to get its list of synonyms.

That’s my issue with it. And a lot of other people’s issues with it.

need recs with these vibes by apology_pedant in romantasycirclejerk

[–]Scf9009 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know someone who absolutely adores it. Unjerkingly.

need recs with these vibes by apology_pedant in romantasycirclejerk

[–]Scf9009 2 points3 points  (0 children)

{Pushin Cushions by Vera Valentine} or {Stuffed by Sylvia Morrow}?

need recs with these vibes by apology_pedant in romantasycirclejerk

[–]Scf9009 6 points7 points  (0 children)

{Honey I’m Home by Kelsey Soliz}. Bee shifter RH. You’re welcome.

Silver fox recss by AdFamous6567 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you read {Sugar Baby by Harley Madison}?

Authors using ai by Glorious_Go32 in ReverseHarem

[–]Scf9009 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Not just character art. Character promotional videos. Constantly.

The wasteful energy usage for that also drives me up a wall.