#nanowrimo

I'm so depressed to hear that NaNoWriMo is folding. I had a go at it in 2019 and wrote 30,000 words before I had a mammogram scare and went into a tailspin which meant I didn't finish. I have always felt like I would go back and try again some time. I liked the community and the support, the incentives, the local meetups, the merch... Now what? #NaNoWriMo

#NaNoWriMo is shutting down due to several years of deteriorating finances and inability to focus on fundraising because of child safety issues with the Young Writers space that had to take priority. Full notes from the Executive Director on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6NnjgeIIY @bookstodon

NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI
https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai

#ai #nanowrimo #writing

US nonprofit National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), recently embroiled in AI and content moderation scandals, shuts down after 25 years, citing financial issues

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/

#news #nonprofit #tech #nanowrimo #ai #scandal

(01 Apr) Longtime Writing Community NaNoWriMo Shuts Down After AI Drama

National Novel Writing Month is no more ❲at least formally❳.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/wlyge
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/Eg5BE ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/mfnaf

#artificial-intelligence #content-moderation #internet #nanowrimo

One thing that makes me very happy about #NaNoWriMo crashing and burning: It's good evidence that the #writing world is not even remotely buying into the AI hype. (Unlike another industry I'm involved in... )

Having poor moderation practices that enabled grooming? That was bad for them. But promoting AI? That *killed* them. Writers are going: "AI? Fuck, no! ️

#AI #AICrap #AIHype

#NaNoWriMo is NoMo.

https://www.avclub.com/nanowrimo-to-shut-down-a-year-after-ai-comments

#NaNoWriMo no no no https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/

The whole point is to write as the act and process of writing is the purpose, not having some AI generate an end product. Such a waste.

Goodbye #nanowrimo. It didn't have to be like this, but Kilby chose every wrong thing to do and say she possibly could have and then got mad at the community for calling her out. #writingcommunity

https://www.krholton.com/post/the-official-end-of-nanowrimo

Looks like #WritingMonth, my open source #NaNoWriMo alternative, just hit 750 users.

https://writingmonth.org

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

NaNoWriMo, the nonprofit organization behind the annual writing challenge to finish a novel in November, is shutting down due to financial struggles.

This comes after participation and fundraising decreased in recent years, and controversies over the use of AI tools and child grooming allegations.

The NaNoWriMo site will remain online, but the challenges will no longer be formally hosted.

#writing #NaNoWriMo

Gar nicht mitbekommen, dass hinter dem beliebten #NaNoWriMo zumindest laut dieser Zusammenfassung der letzten Jahre Skandale einige übelst Verstrahlte unterwegs sind.
Zudem: Ablehung von ›KI‹-Algos ist ableistisch und klassistisch, weil sich nicht jeder Fach-Hilfe beim Schreiben leisten kann, oder nicht das ›richtige Hirn‹ dafür hat??!!!
Consider my mind boggled.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/02/creative-writing-nanowrimo-to-close-after-20-years

Go Fash, (as in embrace GenAI and Child abuse) lose Cash

"In 2023, many writers abandoned NaNoWriMo after it refused to take a stand against the use of AI tools in writing. Around the same time, one of its moderators faced child grooming accusations, leading to more criticism from the community."

And that's how you destroy something after 20 years.

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

#NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo has gone bankrupt, after an ill-considered choice involving AI. (I don't know the details.) I was an ML for Years 4-5.

I'm in south-central Connecticut, Greater New Haven area. If anyone is interested in a go-it-alone or, let's say, federated but locally-oriented effort come November, I'm game. Contact me here or privately.

I'm a bit rushed right now, but I'll add details later in comments below this post. Questions and comments welcome.

#NaNoWriMo

I think something that really isn't discussed clearly enough is highlighted here: https://flipboard.com/@futurism/futurism-1lupih3cz/-/a-u207kQCtTpO4CFsx3nlHdg%3Aa%3A1737388686-%2F0

Do you know that #writers were the ones donating to #NaNoWriMo ? And that generally speaking it is creatively inclined people who typically want to pay for the goods made by other creatively inclined people. That writers are typically readers who share book recommendations with other writers and have various #Books communities they're involved in.

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Oh wow, the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) annual challenge for writers that started as a Yahoo! mailing list in 1999 is shutting down.

"NaNoWriMo lost significant community support when it took a stand in favor of the use of artificial intelligence in creative writing. [...] Around the same time, the nonprofit was also lambasted for inconsistent moderation on its all-ages forums, which created an unsafe environment for teenage writers, community members claimed."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/

#news #technology #TechNews #NaNoWriMo #NationalNovelWritingMonth #writing #AI

Oh well, they fucked around and found out.

> NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai

#FAFO #AI #NaNoWriMo #bankruptcy #writing

NaNoWriMo shut down after AI, content moderation scandals https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/ #Writing #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing #NaNoWriMo #Books #Novels #AI

2 hour deep dive into why Nanowrimo. Just why. And how. "Allegedly" (is that how you spell it?)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=--bS5h_-ZAk

#nano #nanowrimo #writing #deepdive #video

Well, then.

#NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo is shutting down.
https://lithub.com/nanowrimo-is-shutting-down/