Slave to the system.

 

RIPPED FROM THE THREADS

“This Isn’t the Place for You”  

The Sentence That Sums Up the Industry

Filed by Ash & Ink – Declassified & Dirty

“If you’re an author that doesn’t use AI, doesn’t shit-talk your colleagues, and respects your readers… hit me up.” a gatekeeping glitter post on Threads, 10 hours before exile

Let’s decode that, shall we?

This isn’t about protecting readers.

This isn’t about kindness or integrity.

This is about curating a club.

And like every fake clique in middle school, it has one rule:

“You don’t belong here.”

I replied honestly. Respectfully.

I said I talk shit when it’s earned.

I said I use AI to edit and create art, not to steal or lie.

And I said, clearly:

I love my readers.

Just not the influencers who treat books like TikTok props.

And her response?

“Ok this is not the place for you.”

No discussion.

No nuance.

No curiosity.

Just dismissal.

You want real talk?

I’ve published 30 books in 15 years.

I’ve fought through injury, censorship, shadowbanning, and burnout.

I didn’t sell out, I showed up.

But because I said something outside the script?

Blocked. Blacklisted. “Not the place.”

Not the place for authors who don’t kiss algorithm ass.

Not the place for writers who call out performative purity.

Not the place for people who use tools with transparency instead of pretending to handwrite novels in candlelight.

You don’t need to like AI.

You don’t need to love my tone.

But if your whole brand is “respect readers”

and your first instinct is to silence another author for being honest,

then maybe you’re not the hero you think you are.

REDACTED NOTE – Ash & Ink

Who died and made you god, bitch?

If there’s no place for voices like ours,

then we’ll just make our own place 

louder, smarter, funnier, filthier.

Welcome to Declassified & Dirty.

This is the place for us.

GATEKEEPER GOSPEL: “You’re Not Welcome in My World”

Filed under: THREADS BURNED ALIVE – by Ash & Ink

Ah yes, the classic fallback of the insecure influencer:

“Educate yourself.”

Translation?

“I didn’t expect you to respond with logic, so now I’m gonna pretend you’re the problem.”

She says:

“If you can’t educate yourself on the difference between assistive AI and generate AI then no, you’re not welcome in my world.”

Baby girl, you’re not writing Black Mirror.

You’re running a gated book club that bans people for using editing tools.

Let’s be very clear:

AI isn’t the threat.

Dishonesty is.

The real danger isn’t authors who use AI to fix grammar or format a post it’s influencers pretending they’re pure, while they use every algorithm, automation, and marketing trick in the book to sell mediocrity.

You want a “respectful” space, but the moment someone doesn’t kneel at your handmade quill-dipped altar, you declare:

“You’re not welcome in my world.”

That’s not professionalism.

That’s a cult.

You don’t own this world.

You don’t speak for all readers.

And if this is how you treat people who don’t agree with you 100% 

then maybe your world was never real to begin with.