Little guide for casual consumers

First of all, if you've chatted with and enjoyed my bots, thank you. Now, to the important stuff.

CO has a HUGE list of bots and sometimes it's hard to choose what to engage with. Some people seek specific situations, others seek specific types of characters and others specific characters from varied IPs, be it books, games, etc.

That is fine, your tastes are your own in that regard but nonetheless you should go for bots that will engage in a least a decent manner, that "know" what you want and can deliver. Unfortunately many bots (and some creators) have low quality standards due to inexperience in some cases or just being plain bad and spamming low quality trash.

To avoid wasting your tokens in such bots (especially if you are a free user like me) take a look at the character count. ALWAYS check the character count. A bot with less than 2k characters in total tends to be somewhat barebones, especially if the greeting goes above 1k. Character count takes everything in consideration, including the info blurb, and as such it's a good guide to more or less measure the effort put in a bot.

If the bot has a public definition, focus on its personality first to see if it's well made. Scenario and Appearance are less vital for free users (they barely work most of the time) and only consume space that will take away from the bot's memory. Many of my older bots are such cases and as such i recommend you don't engage with anything i have with public info or that has a short greeting/few tags (those are old bots i have yet to update)

The personality is the "meat" of the bot. It's what guides it the most. As such it should be clear and extense enough for the bot to have something solid to work on. Short personalities that list only a few personality traits, that have redundant parts or some "generic" copy paste info are a sign of a bot that will break down or simply go anywhere regardless of intent.

Do not waste your tokens. A bit of awareness can help you save a lot of frustration. For free users, a bot that ranges between 4k to 8k or maybe 9k chars total (especially if it has a fancy info blurb, as those don't influence the bot's memory) are the best option

Have a good time, Lion out