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c/writing · by umbraroze@slrpnk.net · 1y

The NaNoWriMo organization is shutting down

https://www.theverge.com/news/642258/nanowrimo-organization-shutting-down

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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

In 2023, many writers abandoned NaNoWriMo after it refused to take a stand against the use of AI tools in writing.

Oops.

Around the same time, one of its moderators faced child grooming accusations, leading to more criticism from the community.

Hard to say which one is more harmful tbh.

venia_sil@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y

How about grooming children to use AI?

ManualOverride@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm glad Emma Roth, the author of the verge article, included a resource listing alternatives to the challenge: https://hcpl.net/blogs/post/alternatives-to-nanowrimo/

umbraroze@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y

Yeah, nothing stops people from doing or organising writing month challenges on their own. For the open source crowd there's also WritingMonth.org.