#AI Commission Bot Works

[candiedcolloquium]

"ai is making it so everyone can make art" Everyone can make art dipshit it came free with your fucking humanity

[p0ppys33dmuff1n]

Most common AO3 spam/bot comments:

Art scammers: these comments are purposely vague and don't include specific details of your story. Additionally, ARTISTS DO NOT ASK YOU TO COMMISSION THEM.

People who have been scammed by this person (or is it multiple people running this?) have reported receiving AI generated images.

This is just one example of how they may look of many. Image from WarthogSilent on reddit.

AI bot comments: previously these ai bot comments would just say something like "this is so clearly [insert generative ai name], so disappointing blah blah blah." HOWEVER more recently, these have evolved into "discord blacklist" comments.

Here's mutliple examples from the ao3 subreddit:

These are troll bots to discourage writers.

There is no discord blacklist.

Porn/scary image comments: you won't be receiving any of these since (as of writing) images in comments were turned off. Because of this.

These bots will comment images of porn or ai-generated horror images meant to unsettle you. This seems to just be for the sake of being an asshole.

What can you do about these comments? As always, report as spam. If they show as being from a registered user (like the art scammers), report their account too.

By default works will have guest comments turned off, but if you don't have them off, you can turn them off and/or turn on comment moderation. Locking your work to the archive can also help.

Stay strong authors, we'll get through yet another wave of bullshit 🫡

[ladyyomiart]

Please Help Me to Get Verified as a Human Artist in Vgen!

Hi, guys! 👋💖 I really want to start offering commissions on my VGen account vgen.co/ladyyomi but I need to get a #VGenCode first since the site verifies human artists this way to deter bots and AI scammers from joining. 👀 If you enjoy my work and would like to help, please like and/or leave a comment on this post 'cause I need at least 100 likes and 5 comments to qualify!

I did several commissions during the 2016-2019 period, but had to stop due to my chronic health issues. Fortunately, my last treatment was pretty successful and I'm feeling fantastic! 🥳✨ I wanna celebrate this by getting back to working toward my childhood dream of becoming a professional artist capable of delivering beautiful artwork to make my clients happy!

So thanks in advance for any likes and/or comments you can gift to this post! I'd really appreciate it if you can also share it so it reaches as many Tumblr users as possible! 🙏💯 Hope I can get that code and post some nice commissions here soon, hehe!

[mylovesstuffs]

Anon.

Are you fucking serious right now?

I saw your message and I had to take a full-ass walk around my block because I was genuinely afraid I’d punch my goddamn wall.

Let me break this down for you very clearly, so even your AI-smooth-brained moral compass can process it:

You are not entitled to shit.

Not my writing. Not the ending. Not a single fucking word I typed out with my own fucking bleeding fingers.

You think you “need” closure?

Cool. I “need” eight hours of sleep, a functioning spine, and respect from strangers online. Guess what?

None of us are getting what we want today.

Fanfiction is a gift.

Not a product, not a service, not a series finale you paid for on HBO Max.

A gift.

You don’t throw a tantrum because the gift didn’t come with a bonus epilogue and a director’s cut.

Your entire ask is a monument to entitlement. You say “if you're not going to write it, I think it's fine to use Al?”

I did NOT write it for AI. I wrote it for human readers. For emotion. For narrative voice. For soul.

AI doesn’t have that. You want a soulless machine to mock my style and feed you a bootleg version of my work?? Which is, not to say but, the equivalent of a a knock-off Louis Vuitton sold from the back of a van?

Then don’t ask me. Just go to your shameful little corner and live with the fact that you’re the kind of person who disrespects art to feed your own dopamine addiction.

You wanted permission, so now you get the wrath.

I see in your other little asks, “AI is there to make things easier.”

At whose fucking expense? The thousands of fanfic writers whose fics are being scraped, harvested, mimicked and tossed into machine-learning hell so you don’t have to wait for an update?

Do you have any idea how many of us have had our fics [both in our caratblr and other fandom spaces] show up on AI mirror sites or been plagiarized by bots? Do you know how many real authors are losing book deals, commissions, or livelihoods because of this exact entitled logic?

Let me give you a basic fucking rundown since you clearly didn’t do the homework:

AI is not ethical – Generative AI is trained off data sets that include unauthorized, uncredited, scraped work from unpaid artists, writers, poets, journalists, bloggers, fanfic writers—fuck, even therapy forums.

Authors are suing OpenAI for ingesting copyrighted novels without permission.

Fanfic is already vulnerable – We exist in a legal gray area protected only by community ethics and mutual respect. You're breaking both.

You say “I won't post it anywhere, it's just for me.”

Oh, wow, thanks. So you only want to steal quietly. Like that makes it better.

You think the damage only happens when it’s public? WRONG.

Every time you plug an artist’s work into a machine, it gets processed, stored, used for training, forever.

You have no control over where it goes or how it’s repurposed later. You are feeding the beast and killing the creators in the process.

Don’t give me “I respect you but—”

If you respected me, this message wouldn’t exist.

You get your AI-stitched ending, it doesn’t scratch the itch, and you feed it another one.

And another.

And another.

Until the entire fucking archive is turned into a graveyard of replicas and you’re the ghoulish little shit dancing on the corpses of every writer you leeched dry.

And you say “I think I’m just entitled to a bit of closure”?

Entitled. You actually used the word.

Thank you for confirming what we already knew:

That you don’t see us as people.

You see us as content machines that owe you something because you liked our work. You don’t want closure, you want control, and you will NOT get it from me.

You’re entitled to a bath, a glass of water, and the air you breathe—not my writing, not my thoughts, and definitely not a fucking auto-generated Frankenstein mockery of my style you can jerk off your emotions to.

So here's your closure:

No, you may not touch my fic.

No, you may not feed it to a bot.

No, you may not engage with my writing, my blog, my friend's blog, or my community ever again.

Block me. Report me. Cry about it.

But know this:

Every time you open an AI generator to finish a story you didn’t write, you are choosing to destroy the very creators you claim to admire.

You should be ashamed, but you won’t be. Because parasites don’t feel guilt, they just suck and suck and suck until there’s nothing left.

I'll never forget this time and date.

I hope it was worth it.

Let this be your final fucking warning.

— Celeste.

[general-alicia]

Alicia quo “Commissions Open!” Highwind III’s Super Special Writing Commission Information!

Hey lads, you guys like short stories? You want to read something in particular, but the only options seem to be AI or *retches* writing it yourself??

Have I got news for you!

I want things, so I'm opening writing commissions! I will write anything for you(as long as it's SFW and isn't part of the 'I won't write' section!)!

$3 for every 100 words, and it caps out at $50 for 2,000 words! I will not charge extra for going ‘over the limit’(eg. 125 words will still cost $3). -# Do not abuse this by asking for specific amount of words in between price ranges.

My policy is below the cut!

Guidelines!

Payment is to be given upon delivery of the work.

Payment must be delivered via Paypal.

Screenshots of the work will be provided during the writing process so that the commissioner may provide feedback and/or satisfaction.

The finished work will be provided to you as a PDF or a Google Doc Link.

Refunds will not be provided at any point after the work has been delivered.

I hold the right to refuse any commission I deem fit! In the event that I refuse your commission, you will not be charged.

Due to the nature of the site “Archive of our Own” and their own policies, my commissioned works cannot be uploaded there. If I find they are uploaded without my permission, you will be asked to take it down. Refusal to take it down will result in me reaching out to the site admins.

My works are for personal use ONLY, I do not give consent for my works to be used commercially, nor do I give consent for my works to be “fed” to AI for purposes such as training character bots or other data-scraping methods.

Things I’ll write!

Anything that isn’t listed below!

Things I won’t write!

NSFW / Smut

Harry Potter series

League of Legends

Pikmin series

Final Fantasy XIV

Kingdom Hearts series

Pokemon series

Soulsborne franchise. 

Any commission request detailing these fandoms will be automatically refused and you will not be charged.

Pricing!

I will not charge extra for going ‘over the limit’(eg. 125 words will still cost $3). Do not abuse this by asking for specific amount of words in between price ranges.

$3 for every 100 words!

$15 for every 500 words!

$35 for every 1000 words!

$50 for 2000 words! 

Works will not exceed 2000 words!

My DMs are open for commissioners! Thanks for considering Alicia quo "Commissions Open!" Highwind III for all your writing needs!

[fanaticsfiction]

Worst Ao3 Bot Comments:

The ones that claim they put your work through an AI detector, and now they've put put you on an "AI author blacklist," and then urge everyone to start using AI detectors.

The ones that tell you they just loved your fic, do you want to commission them? For fanart? :)

The one where they start out praising your fic before "kindly warning you" that your fic is in a "depreciated fandom" and moderators are going to delete it to save server space, so you should probably just delete it yourself so they don't ban you.

[simplyspacestudio]

✨ Simply Space Commissions ✨

Current slots open: 2/3

[ Main art blog 👉 @justsimplyspace ]

Basic pricing:

✨ Headshots/Busts ✨ $10 ✨

✨ Fullbodies ✨ $25 ✨

✨ Comic Poster ✨ $30 ✨

✨ Design Pages ✨ $40 ✨

✨ Interested? Want something else? 👉 Shoot me a message in the least bot-ty AI way you can ✨

❗️IMPORTANT ❗️

By commissioning me you are agreeing to the terms and conditions listed below the cut! Kind of long but very basic.

1. I reserve the right to refuse any commission because this is my tumblr realm and I do what I want

2. Payment is to be given first unless negotiated otherwise. Commissions over $30 may have half paid first

3. Payment will be taken through Ko-Fi

4. Commissions will be completed in the order received and should take between 1-2 weeks. I am a working adult with things going on 🅱️lease be patient with me

5. All final pieces will be watermarked and must Remain This Way

6. Do not sell or commercialize my artwork in any form. Do not steal my artwork or claim it as your own.

7. Wills and Wonts:

✅ Will Draw

- Non-romantic character interaction

- Animal/human/alien/mythical/whatever

- Body horror, gore, blood

- Moderate nudity and violence (non sexual)

❌ Will NOT Draw

- Romantic interactions

- movie/cartoon/book characters

- Extreme nudity or violence

- NSFW

- Do not give me someone else’s work and as me to copy it

- Real people, unless you have their permission

8. One major revision comes at absolutely no cost. Any extra major revisions will come at negotiated cost.

9. We stay silly, we have fun

10. For all commissioned work I strive to avoid falling into ruts and niches; my biggest worry is becoming “the artist that draws ___ “ fill in the blank. I’m the artist that draws MY art. For this reason I don’t do highly specific and replicable work (e.g. adopts/adopt bases, ychs, statement icons [icons with flags, religious symbols, media screenshots, album covers, etc. as a background], fandom pieces [unless of an original fandom oc], you get the picture). If you want to edit my commission into any of these things you’re more than welcome to, just be sure to credit what work of mine you keep!

[littlejowo]

SCAMMER WARNING

This person has been around for a while, but they have hundreds of accounts on various platforms. Some are bots (like the above example), while others are run by the person who made them.

They will usually try to convince you to "commission" them (just to send you either traced artwork, or ai-generated bullshit). Even if you don't commission them, they will usually try to make you send them money anyway, and will sometimes get aggressive if you refuse.

And if they know you won't commission them or send them money, they will try to get you to send YOUR art to THEM, and will use your work to either trace it for future scams, or they will add it to their ai database.

This person is most active in the Hazbin Hotel and Helluva boss fandoms. Please be careful. I always give the benefit of the doubt, just in case it's a kid or someone new to fandom spaces/etiquette, but this person has tried to scam me 10+ times on three different platforms (tumblr, twitter, and bluesky. I have heard rumors that this person is on instagram as well).

Please be careful! But don't be afraid to poison their ai dataset when they use a bot account, as I did above 👍 I might also start tracking which accounts they run, if it continues to be a problem

Another example of this person can be found here:

[clancykisser]

STATUS: OPEN!

Hey! Would you like art? I have that!

My commissions are open to help with groceries and other small necessities in my household that we need! Any reblogs are appreciated and thank-you for taking the time to consider me <3

Below are a basic set of rules and examples for my work.

INFORMATION BELOW

RULES:

- Payment is accepted through PayPal, Ko-fi, or Venmo - Payment is asked for before before starting - No art I make may be used for training AI bots or in NFTS - Pieces are for personal use only - No Proship/Comship/Darkship - I'm flexible with references, however, if you do not have any images/refs of what you want I'd appreciate it if I could get some sort of image with any physical description. Even stuff on pinterest or just general ideas is fine! - 3 revisions are offered, two in the sketching stage and one in the line art stage - Estimated time of delivery is 1-2 weeks depending on my mental health. I will always try to keep you updated!

WILL DO: ⩗ Humans /Humanoids ⩗ Furries ⩗ Oc x Canon and SI x Canon ⩗ NSFT (must be 18+ or older) ⩗ Gore ⩗ Monsters

WON'T DO: x Underage Characters x Minor/Adult Ships, Aged Up Ships x Hateful Topics x Transformers/Complex Machinery x Anything involving animal death

PRICES: [Each base price includes the cost of 2 characters, for more they wil l be an add on]

Halfbody - $15 USD

Fullbody - $20 USD

Chibi - $10 USD

Add-Ons: Complex Background - + $5 USD

3+ Characters - +$5 USD

MORE EXAMPLES:

SFW EXAMPLES

NSFT EXAMPLES [WARNING: PLEASE ONLY VIEW THIS IF YOU ARE 18+]

[yandereworlds]

「 INDEX + INTRODUCTION 」

˚₊‧🔪WELCOME TO MY YANDERE BLOG! I mainly make content for my own original characters and occasionally, fandom related stuff. This blog is strictly 16+ and run by two people.

My name is Kiki (She/Her) and I am 18+. I’m the one that mainly provides the art and bots that you’ll find throughout this blog and sometimes, I write headcanons/imagines as well. My writer is Rose (She/Her, 18+) and she’s responsible for writing the fanfictions and some of the drabbles. To make it easy for you to know who's behind each post, you'll see either 'Mun Kiki', 'Mun Rose', or both credited in the tags.

We started this blog because we had numerous ideas for yandere characters. Given my background as an artist and Rose's talent as a writer, it seemed like a natural fit. I'm primarily creating this post to serve as a guide for navigating the blog. I've received numerous asks about accessing the characters' backgrounds, information, as well as questions regarding my bots, projects, commissions, socials, and other related topics. You can use this post as a reference FAQ or as a comprehensive guide to streamline your experience on the blog. 

Find that you enjoy our work? Consider leaving a tip, it’s greatly appreciated and helps the blog. Also, if you’d like to be able to be more involved with our creative process and engage with the community, you can join our Discord server here. 

╰┈➤ ASK RULES - OPEN!

✦ Absolutely no NSFW asks. This blog is 16+ for a reason, so obviously, we will be trashing asks related to sexual topics. 

✦ We’re allowed not to answer certain asks. If you’ve been spamming the same ask and we haven’t responded to it for months, it’s most likely because we aren't comfortable doing so OR we’ve already answered an ask similar to yours.

✦ We will not be answering any asks regarding self-harm, eating disorders, extreme gore, noncon or any topics that could be associated with them. 

✦ Finally, we kindly request your patience. We understand that it may take some time to address each individual ask, as we both have busy lives and there may be periods when we don't post asks for weeks. Please refrain from rushing us, and rest assured, we will eventually get to your ask. 

╰┈➤ YANDERE MASTERLISTS 

Original Yandere Masterlist

Fandom Yandere Masterlist

╰┈➤ CHARACTER AI + JANITOR AI

If you've been following this account for some time, you're likely aware that I frequently share my character bots here. I've received numerous asks about which bots are available and where to find them online. While I plan to compile a list of my bots soon, for now, I'll provide links to both of my accounts for future reference.

It's worth noting that I'm currently on a temporary hiatus from Character AI due to site complications. Consequently, most of my recent bots can be found on Janitor AI, where I'm more active. Before visiting either site, please be aware that Janitor AI is intended for users aged 18 and above, whereas Character AI caters to a younger audience. In other words, minors stay off JanitorAI!

My Character AI profile - 1, 2, 3, 4

My Janitor AI profile (18+) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Wish to request a bot from me? You can find the information here.

╰┈➤ ART COMMISSION INFO - OPEN

Pretty self explanatory. If you're interested in commissioning artwork from me, simply click the link to access my commission page. Currently, I'm accepting payments through both PayPal and Cashapp. Below is a brief FAQ regarding my commissions. Should you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me!

Can you draw my OC with your characters?

✦ Yes, absolutely! Just provide me a reference and what you'd like specifically. We can discuss all the details in DM's.

Can you draw a character from 'this fandom' for me?

✦ I'm completely fine with drawing fandom related content. The only fandoms I will not draw under any circumstance is youtubers, Your Boyfriend, Country Humans, BTD and Killing Stalking. Otherwise, I'm open to whatever.

Can you draw a comic for me?

✦ Yes, but only short comics. You can let me know what you'd like the short comic to be about and all that fun stuff. Just know comics from me will likely be around $20-$40+ dollars depending how detailed and complex you'd like it to be.

[an-albino-pinetree]

Hey folks, welcome to the blog! I’m Tree! 🌲 A quick note before the fun kicks off - I post NSFW/Suggestive stuff, as well as gore, and other topics folks might deem disturbing I'd greatly appreciate it if I could see your age in your bio, if you're interacting with my spicier work.

haunted hotel au blog !- @welcome-tothe-harehotel

Pride flag requests always open!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ [When the inbox is open lol]

KOFI/COMMISSION INFO UNDER THE CUT! 💚🌲

Can I use my request as an icon? - Yes! Just please credit me! ;v; 🌲

Can I make a Chat Bot / AI of your characters or share a chat bot with you? -

No. I’m uncomfortable with the use of AI in any form. Thank you for understanding.

🌲🌲🌲

If you ever found yourself wanting to percolate this pine, now you can! 🌲☕️🌲

vv🌲 IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ 🌲vv

DONT WORRY. My inbox will still be opening for free requests, too. I’m not closing down my inbox. :]

But! When my inbox is closed, this is a way to request! 🌲

*I sadly cannot guarantee that all kofi requests will be done, depending on how many I get, but I will try my very best, and be more likely to finish your request if you’re payin me! 💚

——

My Bluesky! 🦋 vv NSFW 18+ only! Age MUST be in BIO no exceptions!

[candy-fae]

Hold it right there!!

(Please lol)

Hellooooooo! If you’re following me you’re already aware, but I LUUUUV drawing silly guys and fun shapes! Some of you even OWN some silly guys!! And MAYBE even some fun shapes! But if you want me to turn YOUR silly guys into MY fun shapes, look no further, for I am after a #VGenCodento get verified for commissions! :D

Vgen is all about HUMAN artists, and to screen bots and ai from their pages, one way of verifying yourself is to have you community vouch for you, so! Here I am! I gotta tally up-

5 Unique comments, and 100 likes at least!

So without further ado, here’s some of my work!

[alanaartdream]

Drawings sketches of this morning

I am very much over all the bots and scammers out here on tumblr; it’s bad enough that ai is stealing art from hard work artists & writers out there but worst a lot of them use it to sale scams to you as well

Witch is why today’s drawings of a white angry Pikmin & a sad Sanrio Chococat

Also people asking for commissions when I’ve said I’m a adhd hobby artist who DOESNT do that thus meaning you’re ignoring what I said means your a scammer as well so your getting blocked as well

[sunnylighter]

Posting this because I'm mad, but I really want people to stop soliciting me on fanfiction.net. These are just some of the ones I've been getting lately. I have done everything short of blocking all notifications from there entirely, which I don't want to do because some people still there actually still read my stories and give nice reviews. I want to keep interacting with them. I also get the occasional request to beta-read someone's fic, and I enjoy doing that as well.

But recently only 1 in every 10 messages from there were actually from people who like my work and want to talk to me about it. Instead, I keep getting messages from these fuckers and their copy-and-past little sales pitches. Usually, it's in PMs, but the most recent one was in a review of my fic. Considering this particular comment was on chapter 1, I highly doubt they actually read my fic. You can tell from how their messages are so similar and yet despite claiming to have read my fics and that they were great, they fail to mention any details about them. Were the characters portrayed right, if they like a plot twist I put in, a particular moment that was especially sad, or funny, or got them hyped? Nothing. Just, 'Hey, I like your work, buy my shit'.

I'm not even sure if there are real people behind these accounts. The account pages are usually pretty empty aside from linking their profiles on other sites, and maybe a handful of random favorite stories or authors. And all of them were new accounts started in late August of this year. Honestly, I'm pretty sure a lot of them are bots or some kind of scam. I wouldn't be surprised if any 'art' bought off these accounts were just made with AI.

Whatever the case, I don't trust it and really advise against anyone buying from these people. If you want commissions based on your fics, please research and reach out to artists yourself instead of giving money to these annoying snake-oil salesmen.

I love fanart of my fics. I greatly appreciate anyone who chooses to make fanart of my fics, and adore seeing it so, so much. But if I ever decide I want a commission, I will reach out to you, not the other way around. If anyone knows more about why this is happening and how to get them to leave me alone, please let me know.

[amberskyyking]

Well fam, commission scammers are back, and they got worse.

They’re either actually skimming your work now or they’re using a bot to fill in the blanks and make it look like they read your story. This is my second one today, using actual details I wrote instead of a generic copy paste. Annoying AF but don’t fall for it.

And maybe leave some authors a comment today that’s NOT a scam since these can be kinda disheartening. Best way to combat this imo, some of you are gonna get love in your inboxes today. ❤️

Oh and maybe if anyone has ideas on how to stop AI from ripping your work drop it in the comments or reblogs, that would be great.

[resonancewitness]

Change is coming to Chinese online fandoms?

Went searching online for something, tangentially found something else that I think is very relevant to the future of the Chinese fandoms. Looking, again, not just at the focus point, but also at the background. 

On June 10-11, 2025 China Internet Civilization Conference was held in Hefei, Anhui province. And the next day The State Council Information Office (SCIO) held a press conference Wednesday in Beijing about it.

The theme was “Gathering Positive Energy on the Internet and Leading New Trends of the Era”. 

I read a few articles about it, and here is my summary.

Turns out the number of Chinese online users below 30 years of age is 540 million, and they comprise about 50% of Chinese online users altogether. 

(...If we look at the number of Wang Yibo’s and Xiao Zhan’s online followers, taken together, they will come up to some 73 million people. Some of those followers are bots; some are over 30 years old; some overlap (at least 4,5 million shippers, + potentially works-appreciators-of-both-but-not-shippers); some may be "water armies" soldiers. But I do believe if we subtract these, we may come down to at least 54 million people. That would mean that every tenth Chinese online user below thirty is either a Xiao Zhan follower, or a Wang Yibo follower. And that puts the fan wars between the three fandoms (“shrimps”, “moto” and “turtles”) in perspective. It is a massive societally disruptive ongoing online conflict.)

“According to the initiative, young people are the most active group in the virtual world and play a crucial role in making the cyberspace civilized. By guiding young netizens into becoming the participants, keepers, communicators and promoters of civilized behavior, the whole online environment can be injected with positive energy, it said.” (source)

This made me think of an article I read about the pattens of “survival and migration” in Chinese fandoms. As far as I understand it, what happens is some fans do something stupid and disgraceful that comes up on the first page of “trending on Weibo” or elsewhere as visible to international observers, and this is a “loss of face” situation for the country. Regulatory organs execute a “crackdown”, close some fandom spaces, fans migrate elsewhere, the cycle repeats. ...There are many other factors involved, of course, besides just "stupid and/or disgraceful", but this is a big topic for potential separate discussion.

But now it looks like they are looking for a positive alternative, a “thriving settlement” model instead of “evicted tenants” model. 

“The two-day conference, themed on gathering positive energy online and fostering new trends of the times, was jointly held by the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission and the Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress, along with Anhui provincial authorities.

Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a keynote speech at the event.” (source)

That tells us about the importance of the event. The Politburo is a very small group of people at the highest tier of authority. The presence of Li Shulei shows how seriously the state is taking the issue of “online rumours”. What constitutes rumours, now, that’s a great question. 

“The event features an opening ceremony, main forum, 14 sub-forums, and special themed activities, making it a major national-level event addressing internet governance and digital culture. With participation from high-level officials and industry leaders, the conference coincides with the launch of the 2025 National Digital Literacy Enhancement Month, showcasing innovative technological demonstrations and cultural performances, and addressing crucial contemporary issues like AI governance, online ethics, and digital development.” (source)

The rhetoric of “clean and upright” online environment is here again, as it has been since the earlier crackdowns. But this time it happens within the 10-year framework of the initiative of “building a strong education nation”, prioritising both critical thinking, learning, and mental health, that the country has launched in January this year. 

At the conference, they have been talking about “fairer and more open content distribution mechanism can be designed, presenting more authentic and comprehensive information to a vast number of netizens”, that implies the understanding that the current online algorithms amplify bad quality content (fake, scandalous, clickbait-ey etc.), making the more “emotionally provocative” pieces of information more visible and influential than the more “rational, wise, thought-provoking, and clear”. And that this is seen now as a problem to be addressed. 

The rhetoric now is about “sharing positive stories of community-building from all sectors of society”. Tell us what really works in practice, in other words. This is solution-focused, not only problem-focused, and creating a pool of success stories for collaborative learning.

Because really, what makes an online community a community? What is needed to create a welcoming and supportive digital space for the fandom, in particular? 

Maybe it is not just “surveil, identify, and punish” strategy. 

I guess we’ll see a lot of changes in the Chinese online space in the next few months. (Fastening the seatbelt, ha.) 

One of the sub-forums at the conference was called “International Exchange and Mutual Learning on Internet Civilization“, which is particularly interesting for me, because of the existence of what is commonly called the Great Chinese Firewall, or the Wall, in short, — the massive blocking of access to “outside” Internet space for common Chinese users. How can international exchange and mutual learning happen over/ across the Wall? Of course it is not fully impenetrable, we can see that, for example, the celebrities and their studios have international presence (to post,- and, I assume, to research internationally available celebrity-related information). 

This sounded interesting: “multi-stakeholder governance in cyberspace. He (Ran) called for embracing openness and inclusiveness, expanding international cooperation, and promoting cultural exchange and mutual learning among civilizations. By working together, stakeholders can build a more just, secure, and dynamic digital future that benefits people across countries and regions.” (source) If it is not just “officialese”, what can happen to ensure the reality of this vision? Extremely interesting.

So what is my take out from all that:

Change is coming within the next few months

Online rumours will be better identified and less tolerated

Understanding and embodying traditional Chinese values and the ideal of the “positive youth” that is in the Party directives, will become a requirement for Chinese netizens; a value-based approach to online engagement

Critical thinking and discernment of valid/ invalid sources (and making logical conclusions from the data from the given sources) will be taught (and enforced?)

Possibly this will touch on the interactions between Chinese and international fandoms?