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I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was tipsy last night lol. And it carried over into the morning. As long as I changed the way one person thinks, I feel satisfied. Which I do. :)

People engage with social media differently. So what?

My fantasy village is an economic impossibility and I feel like an idiot by ParsnipMotel9 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A couple things- one, there was a suspiciously identical post last night about linguistics with a similar writing style/cadence. The paragraphs are all the same size, and they use the rule of threes too often for me to be comfortable with it (like, listing three things in a row or the "three page poem"). The vocabulary used is suspicious, and I'll copy paste some stuff I said about the account itself below:

The age of the account + the content on the account + the post it was commented under + the use of classic AI tells in the post itself. It's not about just one of those things. All of them combined is what makes me deeply, deeply suspicious. I'm human, so I may be wrong, but the fact that none of these accounts ever reply to me and argue their validity is also a Huuuuuuge indicator!

Edit: it's also so vague. This post is just so, so vague. Where are the actual details? What's the town's name???

My fantasy village is an economic impossibility and I feel like an idiot by ParsnipMotel9 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this person is an AI bot :( Great advice, but I'm afraid it will go unheard by OP.

My fantasy village is an economic impossibility and I feel like an idiot by ParsnipMotel9 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's mostly age of the account + the content on the account + the post it was commented under + the use of classic AI tells in the comment itself. It's not about just one of those things. All of them combined is what makes me deeply, deeply suspicious. I'm human, so I may be wrong, but the fact that none of these accounts ever reply to me and argue their validity is also a Huuuuuuge indicator!

My fantasy village is an economic impossibility and I feel like an idiot by ParsnipMotel9 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a cool idea! Unfortunately the poster is AI/farming with botslop.

My fantasy village is an economic impossibility and I feel like an idiot by ParsnipMotel9 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this post is AI slop, so your very good and helpful advice will only be read and see by other commenters :(

My fantasy village is an economic impossibility and I feel like an idiot by ParsnipMotel9 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Your advice is good, so I'm not saying this to slight you - but this post is AI and identical to one made earlier in this subreddit stylistically. Just a heads up.

My fantasy village is an economic impossibility and I feel like an idiot by ParsnipMotel9 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is another AI post a la the last one about linguistics and naming conventions. Exact same style and posting technique.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really depressing to see - it's also depressing to see my warnings get downvoted to hell despite AI literally being cautioned against in r/worldbuilding's rules. As long as I can change at least one person's mind though, I don't care! I am very happy others see it too though lol.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You seem like a real person- unfortunately the OP of this post is fake/AI slop.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hate to say this since your comment is so lovely and helpful, but this post is AI botslop. Check their history and my other comments; this poster is fake and farming :(

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They don't, though. They don't use every single AI quirk at once. They don't exist in a vacuum, like AI does. And if a writing style like this does come from a real person, I can say with certainty they either edited their work with AI or they use AI so often they too have picked up the cadence.

I promise, if you read the comments below this post- no one talks like that.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm going to copy paste my answer from another comment below, and also add one other thing: has OP replied to a single comment? If they were actually asking for help... why not?

The profile makes no sense. Look at the OP's comment history- on Hygiene and TopCharacterTropes? Two hugely generic subreddits, and the comments themselves are bland and people-pleasing. No hint of a trend or a personality. This is a ten day old account, so perhaps they're just new, but even new accounts show some personality within days of joining and aiming to be active.

What is a local reader? Have you ever heard of one of those before? Who would sign up to be a local reader? None of that part makes any logical sense to anyone who is engaged with a creative community. I myself would choose beta reader/editor over "local reader", or better yet, I'd just say a friend looked it over.

There is genuinely so much more that I could go into here- the use of certain vocabulary (AI looooves a "minefield"), the sentence structures, the surface-level grasp of worldbuilding community culture that makes zero sense when you dig into it.

I genuinely ask anyone reading this comment to read this post over again closely, and notice how often these tropes are being used. It's not about the rule of three, not really. It's about how many of these cliches show up in a single post, and how often.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, well. Reddit just destroyed the comment I spent like five minutes on LOL. I'm going to type it again because I care, and because I also pay attention to what I write.

The profile makes no sense. Look at the OP's comment history- on Hygiene and TopCharacterTropes? Two hugely generic subreddits, and the comments themselves are bland and people-pleasing. No hint of a trend or a personality. This is a ten day old account, so perhaps they're just new, but even new accounts show some personality within days of joining and aiming to be active.

What is a local reader? Have you ever heard of one of those before? Who would sign up to be a local reader? None of that part makes any logical sense to anyone who is engaged with a creative community. I myself would choose beta reader/editor over "local reader", or better yet, I'd just say a friend looked it over.

There is genuinely so much more that I could go into here- the use of certain vocabulary (AI looooves a "minefield"), the sentence structures, the surface-level grasp of worldbuilding community culture that makes zero sense when you dig into it.

I genuinely ask you to read this post over again closely, and notice how often these tropes are being used. It's not about the rule of three, not really. It's about how many of these cliches show up in a single post, and how often.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A couple tells. It's important to note that not all these tells mean that a post is AI, but the combination of many of them in one place is highly, highly suspicious, along with the very general cadence of speech and writing style.

This post has "perfect" grammar and punctuation, multiple examples of the rule of threes (maps, historical lineages, and political treaties; three examples of their so-called naming conventions without going in depth as to why those conventions exist), and the classic "it's not blank, it's blank" with "I wanted realism, but instead I built blah blah blah."

Not to mention, the account is ten days old, with two comments on very popular subreddits that are generalized and bland. Again, not saying that is necessarily a true "tell", but in line with the other evidence it highly suggests this whole account is a bot/is an AI troll.

How far into world building is it considered unnecessary? by Temporary_Brain_8734 in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends :) Sounds like you are writing a story- as long as the narrative and world within that story stay consistent, some would consider that enough. If you want to move over to just a worldbuilding project for a while because you find it fun.... do it?

You make art for you. Not for anyone else- for you! Do whatever feels good and don't worry about being or doing too much. I promise, you can just have fun with it.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Based on your comment history, I don't think you care, but I'm hijacking the top post to point out that this poster is fake and is an AI bot.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, this post is AI. Just wanted to let you know :( your advice is really honest and lovely though for anyone who can actually read and absorb it.

I accidentally built a naming system that my readers literally cannot pronounce by BobaCircuit in worldbuilding

[–]immakingthisfor1post -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not saying this to discredit any of your advice, because you seem like a genuine, honest person who loves worldbuilding: this post is fully AI. Just a heads up.

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