NaNoWriMo Is Shutting Down
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TechCrunch posted an article covering the demise of NaNoWriMo, stating in that several aspects contributed to the non-profit shutting down. I think a lot of people dropped it last year due to the AI controversy where they stood on allowing AI submitted works. I believe that this wasn't a good position as it allowed gaming the system and destroyed the overall feeling of what NaNoWriMo was all about. Why put in the effort when you could spend just a few minutes writing a prompt and copying and pasting the result each day.
NaNoWriMo shut down after AI, content moderation scandals | TechCrunch
NaNoWriMo, a 25-year-old online writing community-turned-nonprofit, announced on Monday evening that it is shutting down. NaNoWriMo -- an abbreviation of
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I don't even know what NaNoWriMo is.
But....some places just shut down because they make a bad choice (or they've made several bad choices) that resulted in loss of business. Once business is lost, it is hard to get it back.
