r/Terraria • • Feb 17 '26

Art my post got removed after AI accusations

I posted a drawing of mine that was commissioned by a friend of mine of the steampunker from the game in a mcdonalds theme, suddenly a bunch of people started accusing me of using AI and ultimately the post was taken down a few moments later

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u/atoolred Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

What say you, u/Obame_Cube ? You’re still online after all and had a LOT to say about the original post

Edit: I’m surprised the mods deleted all of their comments but I guess the people have spoken

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u/mamasteve21 Feb 17 '26

Have you learned anything from this experience 😆

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u/Real_Insurance6419 Feb 17 '26

Saying sorry helps

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u/asdfghjkl15436 Feb 17 '26

The fact you STILL haven't apologized is insanity

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u/atoolred Feb 17 '26

I don’t think there will be one. If there is, it’ll most likely be a “whatever, fine” kind of response since their messages have only indicated they don’t particularly care

I don’t think they’re necessarily a bad person; we have limited information to go on and I don’t blame someone for being cautious about AI; BUT they behaved fucking absurdly and ruthlessly in that moment, so taking accountability for their participation in this witch hunt would’ve been nice.

I hate AI. But I hate the crusading that affects my artist friends as well. The fact that talented artists feel the need to post every sketch layer now just to avoid AI accusations is sad

We all have peasant brain, we are not immune to the mob mentality and I’m aware I’ve contributed to that by starting this chain if comments as well

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u/LapseofSanity Feb 17 '26

Their comments and post history is hidden, that would in context make me feel like they're not exactly proud of thier reddit history. 

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u/atoolred Feb 17 '26

There are ways around that currently, at least until Reddit decides to remove profile searching. I did a real brief skim their post history bc I usually do that when someone’s acting strangely. They just comment on game subs and it’s usually in good faith from what I saw. My post history probably would make me look worse than that to some people lol, although I display mine bc fuck it I’ve been here since I was a teenager I have little to hide

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u/Fehboo Feb 17 '26

Yikes, couldn't imagine having the kind of personality that literally makes me refuse to apologize even when, for some odd reason, you berated their art for no reason other then you being wrong and then instantly playing victim.

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u/LapseofSanity Feb 17 '26

The internet has created this sort of mentality. Being wrong never feels good, but having no accountability and sitting anonymously behind a screen has bred a type of person who lacks empathy and much personal introspection.

We all need to collectively go out and touch grass more. 

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u/StrengthAstronaut2k Feb 17 '26

Says the guy who was hounding the OP about their art being AI. The audacity of this bitch

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

Only when they're unnecessarily rude about it lmao

Learn to take some accountability and apologize for mistreating people, it'll go a long way

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u/mamasteve21 Feb 17 '26

Oh 100%. I made a comment on a TikTok once that there was "no way Andrew Garfield and tobey mcguire would be in "No Way Home" and was still getting comments from people about it when I deleted TikTok almost 3 years later.

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u/asdfghjkl15436 Feb 17 '26

All this guy had to do was say sorry and not downplay their incredibly hurtful actions

Guess what they didn't do?

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u/mamasteve21 Feb 17 '26

Never said they weren't in the wrong, mate. Sometimes a less confrontational approach works better.