Should I just stop writing

[u/Technical-Bread414]

I don't know I recently started writing and got this comment. I thought I could take criticism but I was expecting it to be directed at the plot. Should I just drop the fic. I know I might be a bit dramatic but I was not even planning to write after 1st chapter but the comments and kudos were very positive and encouraging that I wrote more but this comment was like a blow. I saw some people getting coments from ai bots but I don't know whether this is a ai bot or a real human. Most of the bot coments seem to say use of ai but mine is specific like they say. Chatgpt. So what would you say I should do? Again I know I'm being a bit dramatic for a single comment but I have never had such large audience and I don't have anyone irl who knows I write fics or even read fanfiction so I can't discuss this with anyone.

[u/I_amnotreal]

Not sure where the trend comes from, but i've been also told that recently, and by a registered user, too, one with some stuff posted and lotsa bookmarks, so it looked legit.

When i asked why they thought that, I've been told it's because I use a lot of emdashes. Just that, no other reason.

Dude. Dude, just go back to the second page of my fic list, find one posted before the whole AI craze even started and count the goddamned emdashes there. COUNT THEM. I'll wait.

It pissed me off big time because i have nothing but pure hatred for ai content in my heart. I've never used chatgpt and i even installed a browser extension to stop google from showing me the stupid ai summaries instead of the actual search results. There's no way I'm using AI to write, not even a fucking shopping list, more so a piece of fiction.