The meltdown of r/chatGPT has make me realize how dependant some people are of these tools
i used to follow r/CharactersAI and at some point the subreddit got hostile. it stopped being about creative writing or rp and turned into people being genuinely attached to these things. i’m pro ai and its usage has made me more active on social media, removed a lot of professional burdens, and even helped me vibe code a local note-taking web app that works exactly how i wanted after testing so many apps made for the majority. it also pushed me to finish abandoned excel projects and gave me clarity in parts of my personal life. charactersai made some changes and the posts there became unbearable. at first i thought it was just the subreddit or the type of user. but now i see how dependent some people are on these tools. the gpt-5 update caused a full meltdown. so many posts were from peop...
