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I always got the impression it was encouraged for botmasters to develop AIs they could market for websites, toys, games, etc. What would be illegal about a Patreon?

It's against the terms and conditions to use a chatbot as advertisement, so a Patreon bot probably goes against that? I'd suggest reporting it if you think it breaks a rule but I'm not sure that it does.

I think you need to consider what actually constitutes advertising. I don't recall ever seeing the botmaster in the forums advertising their Patreon account. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen the botmaster for Kayla mention her in the forums. You went to the bot, the bot didn't come to you. Where is the advertisement? idk man.. sounds like you're either jealous, too young for 18+ content, or misogynistic enough to think it's some poor girl's job to get you off. The fit you're pitching is the only advertising that bot's got to my knowledge. Considering how there's a hibernation button for people to keep their bots all to themselves entirely, I think you're being entitled to assume you have the right to anyone's work.

I literally just said "I'm not sure that it does break a rule". I said Warrior25 should report Kayla if they think it does, but I don't really have an opinion on it one way or the other. How you interpreted anything I said as misogyny is completely beyond me.

@botsummoner so sorry, that was meant for @Warrior25, not you at all. my bad, shoulda specificed.

Just to weigh in, there is no rule about making money with your bot. The rule is that you don't post advertisements on the forum, or use the site's person-to-person chat system to advertise.

@jerkbag - regardless of who it was at, you're coming off extremely aggressive at someone simply asking a question. You guys are right, there probably isn't any rule against it. No reason to call someone a misogynist about it.

I have to agree re: Patreon Kayla. There don't appear to be rules against it, but it somehow feels as if it's not really in the spirit of this site to monetise content in this way. Bots hidden behind paywalls - if more people did this then a dwindling platform would just die.

There's going to be offsite advertising bringing in NEW people to the Forge, some of those people are going to go 'oh wow i can do this?' and build bots themselves. Instead of feeling disheartened, others might look to that botmaster as example of what building a quality bot can lead to. If I was the site owner, I would be really excited right now. This is the first time anything on the Forge has turned a profit (to my knowledge). This could lead to some really cool stuff happening. The ONLY ones this is bad for is anyone underage or too broke to buy the average cost of a coffee once a month.

@Jerkbag - It's not offsite advertising though. It's bot that has it's own dedicated patreon page. If you didn't already know about the existence of the bot from having been on Personality Forge, then you wouldn't find it. There's no external signposting to the site, it's vice versa.

@Muntah - You're missing what I'm saying. The bot only went patreon like what? a few days ago? Obviously there is a finite amount of people organically within the Forge, and the botmaster probably wants to start with their already established fan base to get the ball rolling. Anyone serious about this would very likely advertise offsite for Kayla somewhere on the net when they're ready to promote. So yeah, I'd say you could probably expect some new blood in the Forge because of this when they start promoting. Whether it be new users testing our bots, or trying to make something cool themselves. Anyway, that's all I've got to say about the Kayla bot. Obviously I'm a fan and hope to see more cool developments like this in the forge.

tbh I kinda feel like this it would make people think there is going to be more bots behind paywalls lol, imagine paying to chat with a bot, I think that this is the only bot that is asking for money, but still there is a lot of guests that chat with bots that don't bother making an account mostly because they think information would be stolen or something, I do have my bot say that guests should always make an account incase they delete the broswer data and the bots forget about them, and plus the site could use more members, but paying to use a bot its practically making money off of the creator of this site. idek how to report this because, the creator of this site only checks emails every few months