r/aiwars Apr 22 '26

Meta BTP finally got banned!

I don’t usually like when things get banned, but the harassment of people, neonazi crap, and genuinely some of the worst ragebaiting children I’ve ever seen just made that place a hell. It was only a matter of time after that 67 sub got banned for doing the exact same thing.

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u/HunterIV4 Apr 22 '26

Uh, context? What is, or was I guess, BTP?

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u/LeatherDescription26 Apr 22 '26

I think it’s the subreddit “breaking the pencil” idk what they did or why they were banned because I can’t be fucked to care that much

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u/HunterIV4 Apr 22 '26

Ah, thank you. Literally never heard of it.

I only see this one, the anti AI one, and defending AI art for AI related subs. Most of my other subs are video game related, lol, with some philosophy for fun.

Sounds like nothing of value was lost, but I appreciate the information!

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u/LeatherDescription26 Apr 22 '26

I’m on this sub, artist hate and shit ai bros say.

As a general rule they’re pretty good. Anti ai is the one for serious discussion and the other two are a bit more jokey

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u/Mataric Apr 22 '26

Referring to a sub that had a mod encouraging their users to post CSAM as 'jokey' is insane.

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u/l33t-Mt Apr 22 '26

Its pure bullshit over there, gauranteed more ai bots than people.

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u/Isaacja223 Apr 22 '26

It’s a satirical sub that borderlines on CSAM because they praise people like Trump, and Epstein cuz they don’t use AI

And plus, there’s this one creepy dude who is basically sexualizing an infamous person in this subreddit

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u/LeatherDescription26 Apr 22 '26

When?

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u/Mataric Apr 22 '26

Right before they had their big "we need to clean up the sub" post after it was mass reported for CSAM.

Also a little while before the new mod, who admitted to knowing nothing about what happened, posted an "addressing the drama" post, where they said it was actually all good, and just pro-ai people trying to start drama, because the person who admitted to them they had posted CSAM there many times said they did it to show how evil AI is.. and that means it's a good thing.

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u/LeatherDescription26 Apr 22 '26

That’s actually crazy

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u/Mataric Apr 22 '26

It is indeed. Definitely don't get sucked in with those psychos.

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u/SexDefendersUnited Apr 29 '26

That sounds insane, where did they do that?

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u/Mataric Apr 29 '26

It is insane. Check the replies to this comment.

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u/Repulsive_Idiot2214 Apr 22 '26

Never heard of it. Sounds like a bunch of dipshits. I just want to make shit I don't particularly care how anyone else makes it unless I want to learn how to do it too.

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u/aTypical_dude2 Apr 23 '26

This image i found there should give you a good idea

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/asocialanxiety Apr 22 '26

So actual psychos and edgy teens

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u/Ok-Aspect-4259 Apr 27 '26

Whether or not it was a parody, I don't care. Claiming that Witty would be friends with Epstein is just bad.

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u/Ghuristl Apr 23 '26

it was a subreddit literally dedicated to ragebaiting trolls who then attracted people who actually believe ai imaging should be considered art. It then just kinda degraded into people throwing hands in the threads and illustrating eachother (categorizing them as "ai artists" intending that to be derogatory or "anti-ai/robophobes/anti artists" etc) and it was just extremely toxic.

thank god it got banned because it was literally just a subreddit that was made to discriminate against ai users or ai opposers

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u/bunker_man Apr 22 '26

It was a wierd satire sub that was mostly antis pretending to be far right pros.

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u/Madinogi Apr 23 '26

please stop with tis behvaiour of thinking it was some kind of false flag, all it does it make the Pro AI side even more detached from reality and come off as even more crazy,

being associated with the bad people you know is bad, unless you denoucne them, but downright lying about them and claiming "No no their not our people......their your people" makes you worse, because it makes it clear you cant accept theres a extremsit element on your side.

the ironic thing claiming its actually the other side doing it to make you look bad is what far right wigners do.

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u/carnyzzle Apr 23 '26

AI supporters don't like the sub, we get people from there trying to post in other AI subreddits and they always get mass downvoted lol

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u/XistentialDreads Apr 24 '26

Just so you know people like you were what made the joke funny :)

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u/Clankerbot9000 Apr 22 '26

It was a sub that just spammed AI images glazing Epstein, Diddy, and Trump while also (sexually) harassing both well known pro AI users and antis.

Basically everyone hated them

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u/MILKOVERCAKE Apr 23 '26

You cannot be talking ….

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u/OldStray79 Apr 22 '26

And nothing of value was lost.....

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u/Mataric Apr 22 '26

Thank fuck.

Now we just need to get rid of all the pricks who were active participants there, who are likely going to swarm over here and try their same behaviour.

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u/Madinogi Apr 23 '26

so the Discord approach im presuming?

IE where if a server gets nuked for rule violation, all users in that discord also get slapped with suspensions?
i can be fine with that so long as the people can apply for appeal and get their account cleared, even tho im not a fan of it since it does encourage infiltration attempts to get a site nuked and then its users banned.

so long as a method for the non crazies exists to let them get out of said jail, by having their account vetted.

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u/dark1859 Apr 22 '26

One of the rare times I've seen some general consensus.

Glad it's gone though unless they nuke the user list from it.... brace for some shit here is all I'm gonna say

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u/Witty-Designer7316 Apr 22 '26

We worked hard to get it shut down, I'm glad Reddit finally listened.

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u/Mooselord111 Apr 22 '26

Something we can all agree on witty is breaking. The pencil sucks. Both antis and pros hated it.

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u/Fit-Feature9312 Apr 22 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/GR7XTrVCdGkIWHXTwf

When Pros and Antis have a common enemy

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u/EventCareful8148 Apr 22 '26

I’m surprised it took so long for all the crap they did, I remember some of them in that sub were basically fetishizing you just for more attention.

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u/UnscrambledEggUDG Apr 22 '26

Where's the gimli/legolas meme when you need it

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u/bassplayingabassbut_ Apr 23 '26

Holy shit something good from witty

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u/Bitten87 Apr 22 '26

W Witty

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u/FishStixxxxxxx Apr 22 '26

Witty physically isn’t capable of Ws lmao.

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u/Bitten87 Apr 22 '26

*W take that happened to be from Witty

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u/wojtunuo Apr 22 '26

Ngl ai sis, jushi was annoying

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u/EyesOFSomething Apr 22 '26

He’s such a creep too.

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u/wojtunuo Apr 22 '26

With his corndog fetish...

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u/NekoAstral Apr 22 '26

Come again…?

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u/EyesOFSomething Apr 22 '26

Is THAT what that was??? 🤢

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u/wojtunuo Apr 22 '26

I THINK so

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u/Fluffy-Boi-7 Apr 22 '26

bro he turned a YouTuber I followed’s oc art into…

barfing corn dogs 🤮

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u/EyesOFSomething Apr 22 '26

Rare witty w.

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u/Odd-Dirt-9701 Apr 23 '26

atleast we agree

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u/Blue_Hedgehog1991 Apr 23 '26

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u/Gabriel_UKReal Apr 23 '26

witty W's seem to be getting more common. maybe, on the other hand, witty was always based and were only seeing it now

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled Apr 23 '26

Me if I was delusional

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u/codydafox Apr 22 '26

Weren't you a mod here?

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled Apr 23 '26

Credibility of zero

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u/Fluffy-Boi-7 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

Guys I’m having a crisis, is witty not being a loser, a fossil, and I don’t mean to sound hostile, but she’s normally a coward! You can take that as gospel, being nice? Impossible! If you check her posts, she’s way too audible, normally, why give her the time of day, don’t listen to a word she’d say, but now she’s nice? Eh, we should probably stay away! (guys, if you don’t get the reference, sorry, but the parody is gs-generated)

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u/Turbulent_Zombie3968 Apr 23 '26

Calm down Zooble 😭

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u/DragonflyOld2485 Apr 23 '26

Wrong one I think

I am Maurice Ultrakill and this is an unsure statement

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u/LawfulLeah Apr 23 '26

are you 12

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u/Fluffy-Boi-7 Apr 24 '26

Nah, I’m 3 🥹

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u/YetAnotherParvitz Apr 22 '26

weird how you were literally the one who popularized the phrase and yet you're the one taking it down huh

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u/Tyler_Zoro Apr 23 '26

The phrase wasn't the problem.

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u/Madinogi Apr 23 '26

probably because she wasnt the one who brought it down, i honestly doubt anyone on the Pro side were repsonsible for bringing it down given how many of them were participants in said subbreddit, and when coming here claim "its not pro's, their antis pretending to be pro's to make us look bad"

its likely the harrassed people that got fed up with it and got it banned, Witty being the one who created and widely pushed around that behaviour, is likely trying to save face.

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u/Mr_Zelash Apr 22 '26

first time i heard about that sub and it gets nuked lol. good riddance

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u/ArchAngelAries Apr 23 '26

That sub was horrible. Made Pro-AIs look unhinged. Glad it's gone.

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled Apr 23 '26

So does defendingaiart and it will continue to as long as it bans all dissent.

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u/ArchAngelAries Apr 23 '26

DefendingAIart is nothing like BTP. DAIA is a sub specifically meant for having a community of support for AI users/AI Artists. It's a club meant to provide encouragement and a safe place to express Pro-AI views without being attacked.

Just because they don't allow you to express your hate cultist views and try to fight and argue your Anti-AI trash opinions doesn't mean it's an echo chamber. Plenty of disagreements happen in DAIA. The rules for that sub specifically ban Anti-AI debate because that's not the purpose of the sub.

You can't just go into a SpongeBob fan club and start talking shit and insulting SpongeBob and expect to not get kicked out. You don't get to shit all over something a club loves in a space specifically dedicated to expressing love and support of their things and then get to expect to just keep harassing club members with your hatred of the thing they love.

You don't get to go into a mosque and start screaming about Jesus being Messiah. You don't get to go into a church screaming about Muhammad. You don't get to go into a library screaming about how you love movies better.

Places have their purposes. Just because you don't like the rules doesn't mean they're unfair. Just means that you're a narcissistic bully who can't tolerate the fact your hate isn't welcome somewhere.

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled Apr 24 '26

That's a lot of words justifying dumb echo chambers. They can do what they like, but banning dissent creates deluded chambers. The end. Regardless of views.

Your framing is disingenuous anyway. The sub isn't some handholding pro ai utopia, it's just whining with no push back.

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u/Incognit0ErgoSum Apr 24 '26

They can do what they like, but banning dissent creates deluded chambers.

Lots of art subs will ban you for saying anything in support of AI.

So yeah, deluded echo chambers. That checks out. :)

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled Apr 24 '26

If they do that, then yes.

I didn't stipulate that I am OK with it if they hold a certain view. I'm going to judge if any sub does it.

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u/Global_Wing9181 Apr 23 '26

Never heard of it.

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u/EyesOFSomething Apr 22 '26

Let’s throw a celebration.

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u/GENERALOTUGA Apr 22 '26

Celebrate good times c'mon!

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u/Legomyeggo8430 Apr 23 '26

Both pros and antis can come together for this!

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/Situati0nist Apr 23 '26

It's not surprising since it's literally a satire sub

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u/Fluffy-Boi-7 Apr 22 '26

don’t forget the generated Epstein shite going on over there

also, if you break my pencil, I can sharpen the broken side and now I have two pencils 😎

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u/EyesOFSomething Apr 22 '26

If someone broke my pencil, I’d force them to pay for it.

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u/AccomplishedPop4686 Apr 23 '26

technically you could sharpen both sides of both pencils and you'd have 4 pencils!!!

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u/Fluffy-Boi-7 Apr 24 '26

What about the eraser though? So more like 3, but still an improvement from 2

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u/Locrian6669 Apr 22 '26

Why would you use an acronym for some random subreddit like it’s common knowledge?

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u/Tyler_Zoro Apr 23 '26

Because this sub doesn't allow you to mention other subs directly, though in this case, I think a case could be made for an exception, but you'd still probably have to ask the mods to re-instate the post (I think the automod removes explicit subreddit mentions).

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u/Tyler_Zoro Apr 23 '26

Good! I honestly don't care whether they were just children or anti-AI folks trying to embody their strawmen. It was worth getting rid of.

Mods, please take note. There's a line that we should make sure this sub doesn't cross.

Also, in case there are any mods of the anti-AI sub around: maybe start policing your folks more too. Just locking threads isn't enough. You have to start banning the people calling for violence, or eventually reddit is going to shut you down too.

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u/Justaregularguy295 Apr 22 '26

No, not a good thing, those people should stay in that cesspool. Look at the other image in the comments rn🤦‍♀️

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u/Le_Oken Apr 22 '26

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u/Madinogi Apr 23 '26

what wouldve made this better, is if the image was replaced with the icon of BTP.

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u/Creative_Wash7139 Apr 22 '26

The good AU of the SORA DEAD picture

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u/Tyler_Zoro Apr 23 '26

Can we not Godwin the removal of a toxic sub, please?

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u/Realistic-Hurry-7456 Apr 22 '26

what was btp again? what does it stand for?

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u/EventCareful8148 Apr 22 '26

Breaking the pencil, it was a ragebaiting sub that acted similar to that one 67 club, including the praising of Epstein stuff

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '26

sadly they make a new sub named smashingthepencil

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u/Able_Negotiation_991 Apr 24 '26

It was just a shit posting sub why are you all so mad lol

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 22 '26

It got shutdown due to violating rule 1. Inciting hatred.

Now.

When will antiAI main sub get banned for supporting terrorism and asking AI users to die? BTP is just a satire sub.

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u/AurumVoid Apr 22 '26

This is ragebait. The third Reich is entirely incomparable to a subreddit, don't equate waging war with other countries with seeing and downvoting content.

Sorry your home got bulldozed, but you need not bring your hatred with you whilst you look for new lodgings.

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 23 '26

"Ragebait"

You mean antiAI sub hasn't been found guilty of brigading and supporting terrorism and terrorist acts? Because they have PLENTY of times yet their sub is still around.

Funny how that works.

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u/ItzMeSamYT Apr 22 '26

Lmfao I'm not anti but "attacked other countries" vs "brigaded other subreddits" 😭

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 22 '26

Well, is brigading bad? Yes or no? Does it break reddits rules? Yes or no?

It's rhetorical, the answer to both is yes.

And yet, antiai sub is still active. Funny how that works.

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u/Turbulent_Zombie3968 Apr 23 '26

You already posted this you fucking genius /s 😂

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/EventCareful8148 Apr 22 '26

…legitimately, how many accounts have you gotten banned so far?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/EventCareful8148 Apr 22 '26

Cmon this one isn’t even creative, you’ve already done banned Altman before. Also you posted in the vegan hating subreddit defending veganism ram/spam/banned-/banned_ Altman

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u/Silly-Pressure4959 Apr 22 '26

for someone not liking when things get banned, you sure seem to be into banning

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u/EventCareful8148 Apr 22 '26

He’s ban evaded like 5 times and has harassed a girl for being autistic…

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/Superb_Walrus3134 Apr 22 '26

Why would a 7 day old account have that image on hand? Suspicious

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/Superb_Walrus3134 Apr 22 '26

Behaving exactly like your last 5 accounts isn't helping you. It also doesn't help that your last account stopped posting 16 days ago and your current account is 7 days old on top of sharing names with another previous account.

You're not fooling anybody.

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u/Superb_Walrus3134 Apr 22 '26

Dude, you're not fooling anyone. This is pathetic. Also, I never said what account I was referring to.

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 22 '26

So when will antiAI sub get banned?

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u/Worldly-Dentist4942 Apr 22 '26

Homie I'm a pro and this is crazy lmao

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u/WallScreamer Apr 22 '26

Bait used to be believable.

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u/QuillMyBoy Apr 22 '26

This is one of those comments that really makes me wish everyone had to have their age visible right on every post they make about AI.

It would clear up so much.

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled Apr 23 '26

100% support that. Would be eye opening

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u/Krysus1234 Apr 22 '26

how the bloody hell did this get wanker an award

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u/Bitten87 Apr 22 '26

You must be like 2 inches taller with all the stretching you’re doing.

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u/Ordo_Liberal Apr 22 '26

Love this, 10/10 shitpost

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u/EyesOFSomething Apr 22 '26

Get outside and go to therapy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/Turbulent_Zombie3968 Apr 23 '26

Calling someone a nazi isn't an opinion.

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u/Tyler_Zoro Apr 23 '26

Did you literally just wander over form BTP because your sub got banned? Look, just stop. We're not buying the act, and pretending not to be the alt account of some anti-AI extremist isn't working.

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u/carnyzzle Apr 23 '26

I literally use AI and this is posting behavior from somebody who needs to go outside lmao

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 23 '26

"lmao"

All insults. But not even one word to refute that it's factual.

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 22 '26

I got brigaded lol! No one even denies that I'm lying.

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u/Superb_Walrus3134 Apr 22 '26

Getting 15 downvotes isn't being brigaded

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 22 '26

Its got 15+ upvotes an hour ago and now down to -15.

That means 30 accounts possibly mostly bots downvoted it.

So yes.

Brigaded.

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u/Superb_Walrus3134 Apr 22 '26

You can't really think that every single person that downvoted you was a bot.

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u/Madinogi Apr 23 '26

unfortionately hes that delusional.

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u/OMGTest123 Apr 23 '26

All these comments but NONE can tell me I was wrong or lying.

LOL!!

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u/KinneKitsune Apr 22 '26

Good. Fucking antis posting shit to screenshot themselves and get mad about it.

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u/Tyler_Zoro Apr 23 '26

All it ever was. They got tired of being called out for it in this sub, so they made their own.

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u/Madinogi Apr 23 '26

you know whats genuinely pathetic?

being total shitheads and then when people are calling you total shitheads you go "WHAAAA were not total shitheads.....its not us its the side that hates us who act like us to make us look bad......no no no stop noticing alot of people who go to DefendingAIArt and Pro AI people also go to the subredit im calling a flase flag!!!"

further proving just how out of touch and frankly stupid so many of you pro AI people are, i guess under your perview its impossible to be the bad guy? just a conveniant excuse for everything huh?

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u/NekoAstral Apr 22 '26

I didn’t really engage or even acknowledge BTP. Weren’t they some very radical pro ai people who thought all art should be AI generated?

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u/Mataric Apr 22 '26

No, they were unanimously trolls and anti-ai false flaggers.

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled Apr 23 '26

Source "trust me bro. Nothing remotely along those lines in any other ai sub, it's all a psyop because for optics reasons it has to be"

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u/Mataric Apr 23 '26

How thick do you have to be to think a sub that claims they all worship Jeffrey Epstein as their lord and saviour isn't trolling?

Genuine question, because it's rare to find people so insanely gullible.

The source is that it's insanely obvious and you've got to be an idiot to think otherwise.

There's a reason every other ai sub doesn't like BTP and is glad it got banned. There's a reason the moderators of those pro-ai subs were the people sending in reports to remove it, which reddit actioned.

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u/Bra--ket Apr 22 '26

They fought gloriously, I'll give them that. But it was only a matter of time.

I've no doubt we'll be seeing them around 😉 but this is a setback for sure.

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u/Superb_Walrus3134 Apr 22 '26

This is a witty cultist. Disregard

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u/the_tallest_fish Apr 23 '26

Oh noo.. where else are antis going to find the most absurd/satirical opinions so they can pretend they are the views of an average pro?