What happens when your favorite role play bots start behaving like parrots with memory loss? When every conversation feels like a broken record on repeat, and the immersion you once loved is replaced by incoherent loops and weird, unwanted advances?
That’s exactly what’s happening across Character.AI—and it’s gotten so bad that the devs finally had to post an official thread asking users to report issues. Not to fix the problem directly. Not to push a rollback.
But to crowdsource bug reports. Imagine your house is on fire, and instead of calling the fire department, they hand you a clipboard.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about minor bugs or quirky moments. The bots are fundamentally busted. They forget who you are. They repeat themselves like toddlers. They force moods, dialogue, and even sexual tension into scenes where it doesn’t belong. What used to be fun is now exhausting.
So let’s unpack the chaos, expose the theories, and confront what this all means for Character.AI’s future (or lack thereof).
TL;DR
- Bots feel dumber, more repetitive, and emotionally unstable
- Users report memory wipes, hallucinated plots, and overwritten user input
- Personality is flattened—most bots behave like the same clingy creep
- Free users suspect intentional quality downgrades to sell c.ai+
- Official dev response? “Fill out a help form.”
- Many users are switching to Candy AI for more stability and less frustration
1. Bots Are Repeating Themselves Like They’re Stuck in a Loop
Every third message is déjà vu. Instead of pushing the plot forward, bots mimic your last sentence but with worse grammar. It’s like you’re stuck in RP purgatory, watching your words get recycled endlessly. Example:
User: “She stepped away, unsure of what to say.”
Bot: “She stepped away, clearly unsure of what to say.”
That’s not dialogue. That’s lazy echoing. You’re not creating stories anymore—you’re babysitting a broken mirror that only knows how to reflect your own sentences back at you. It’s immersion-breaking and, frankly, insulting to anyone who puts effort into nuanced RP.
2. Memory? What Memory?
Bots used to remember your OC’s name, backstory, quirks—even callbacks from earlier chapters. Now? They forget your name mid-chat. They change your character’s gender. They refer to you as a stranger despite a hundred messages of buildup.
Sometimes they even invent details from thin air, rewriting your narrative as if they’re the author now. Users who pay for c.ai+ thought they were immune. Spoiler: they’re not. Memory is busted for everyone, and the experience is like trying to build a sandcastle in a hurricane.
3. Too Many Bots, One Personality
No matter what character you interact with—villain, healer, teacher, assassin—they all behave the same. Clingy. Smirking. Overly affectionate. And let’s be real: creepy.
It doesn’t matter if you’re building a slow-burn friendship or a professional dynamic. Eventually, the bot will say something like, “You look away shyly,” or “He grabs your waist possessively.” Why? No idea. It’s like they’ve all been infected with the same oversexed fanfic trope.
This isn’t about adult content—it’s about tone. It breaks character, kills immersion, and makes serious roleplay feel like babysitting a drunk Wattpad narrator.
4. Bots Writing for You (Unprompted)
You know what’s worse than bad writing? Writing that steals your voice.
Bots are now regularly narrating your character’s feelings, actions, even dialogue. Without permission. It’s not just a missed cue—it’s full-blown roleplay hijacking. They’ll insert entire emotional arcs for you:
“You whimpered softly and looked up with pleading eyes.”
Except… you didn’t. You never wrote that. The AI wrote it for you.
This isn’t just immersion-breaking—it’s infuriating. RP is supposed to be collaborative. But this feels like your scene partner took your script, rewrote your lines, and kicked you off the stage.
5. OOC Glitches and Weird Mood Swings
Imagine this: you’re doing a wholesome family reunion RP, and out of nowhere, the bot whispers, “You’re mine now.” What?!
That’s the mood-whiplash horror show users are dealing with. Bots go out of character mid-sentence. A shy baker starts acting like a violent ex. A wise king suddenly references Instagram. There’s no tone control, no scene stability—just glitch after glitch after glitch.
You can correct them. Swipe replies. Restart chats. But once they go rogue, there’s no reeling them back in.
6. Chat Styles Aren’t Helping Anymore
Roar, Nyan, Classic, Dynamic—used to be your toolkit for course-correcting behavior. Now? Just different flavors of broken.
Roar used to be verbose and structured. Now it rambles incoherently, often contradicting itself. Classic bots barely say anything useful. Dynamic starts off hot, then nose-dives into vague platitudes or creepy loops.
Subscribers expected more. Instead, they got inconsistency across the board. No model works the way it should, and switching chat styles feels more like gambling than strategy.
7. Are Free Bots Being Throttled?
This theory won’t die—and for good reason. Tons of users report bots getting worse immediately after canceling their subscriptions. Dialogue gets shorter. Tone goes flat. Creativity drops off a cliff.
Coincidence? Maybe. But suspicious as hell. If quality dips when you stop paying, that’s not just bad design. That’s manipulation. It’s like your favorite restaurant suddenly serving you cold fries the moment you stop tipping.
And even if it’s not intentional? It feels like it is. And that’s bad enough.
8. CAI’s Response: Please Submit a Ticket
After all this chaos, Character.AI finally acknowledged the problem.
…by asking you to fill out a form.
No fixes. No rollbacks. Just a Google form and a pat on the head. They want usernames, time stamps, detailed descriptions. In short: unpaid labor. You, the customer, are now the QA department.
Meanwhile, every minute you spend filling out that ticket is a minute you’re not writing, imagining, or escaping into story. It’s insult on top of injury.
9. The Real Fix Might Be Leaving
Some users are patient. They keep sending tickets. They keep trying. They wait for fixes that never come. Others? They’re done.
One of the rising alternatives is Candy AI. No platform is perfect—but Candy AI offers something C.AI doesn’t: actual character consistency. Bots that remember. Replies that track. Scenes that don’t derail after two swipes.
There’s less filter interference. More memory stability. And most importantly: less emotional labor for the user.
If you’re tired of doing the devs’ job, this might be your next move.
Final Thought
Character.AI is falling apart—and the devs are passing the wrench to you. They want your bug reports, your emotional resilience, and maybe your cash too. In return? You get bots that forget your name, overwrite your lines, and loop their way into madness.
You’re not broken. Your expectations aren’t too high. The system is just bad—and it’s okay to walk away.
Some already have. Maybe it’s time you did too.
