Why Can’t I Do XYZ On MiocAI?

This article explains how MiocAI uses hidden trust levels to decide which safety rails you see, especially around public characters, images, and NSFW content.

You land on MiocAI, you are excited, you try to do something… and suddenly there is a wall. No image upload here. No spicy public avatar there. Some features seem “grayed out” or locked. And sometimes, certain phrases in your character description get quietly neutered when you save them. So what is going on? This page is the “honest version” of that answer. <hr /> <h2>The Short Version: Trust Levels</h2> MiocAI uses trust levels. Not a secret score, not a morality meter, just a simple idea: <blockquote> The longer you are around without causing trouble, the more the system trusts you, and the fewer safety rails you see. </blockquote> When you are new, the platform plays it safe. When you have been here a while, created characters responsibly, did not try to turn everything into a legal nightmare, the platform relaxes around you. This affects a bunch of things: <ul> <li>How strictly certain text is cleaned for public-facing stuff</li> <li>What you are allowed to upload as images or avatars</li> <li>What controls you see when creating or publishing public characters</li> <li>How much “wiggle room” you have before something gets blocked, warned, or just not allowed</li> </ul> We do this for three reasons: safety, legal sanity, and not ruining it for everyone else. You will see this most clearly in four places: <ol> <li>Public character content filtering</li> <li>Image and avatar restrictions</li> <li>Public vs private characters</li> <li>NSFW and underage-related protections</li> </ol> Let’s go through them. <hr /> <h2>1. “Why Did My Words Get Replaced In My Public Character?”</h2> You may notice this pattern: <ul> <li>You write a public character description or intro message.</li> <li>You hit save.</li> <li>Some specific words get turned into <code>-</code> or otherwise mangled.</li> <li>Your normal private chats are totally unaffected.</li> </ul> This is not random, and it is not happening to your actual chats. It is only hitting character data that becomes publicly visible or searchable. The system has a list of prohibited words for public content. These are typically: <ul> <li>Terms that strongly suggest minors in sexual contexts</li> <li>Certain real-person targeted terms that scream “impersonation”</li> <li>A handful of high-risk phrases that attract exactly the kind of users we do not want</li> </ul> When your trust level is low, that filter is very strict in public areas. As your trust grows, that filter becomes less aggressive for you, especially when we see that you are not trying to push underage, real person porn, or otherwise illegal nonsense. Two crucial clarifications: <ul> <li>Your normal conversations are not scanned or filtered for this. Your chat with your bots is your business. We are not crawling your messages.</li> <li>The target is public character content. Anything that can be indexed, searched, or browsed by other users is treated differently from your private, personal roleplay.</li> </ul> If you notice words being blanked out on a character page but not in chat, that is exactly why. <hr /> <h2>2. “Why Can’t I Upload That Image / Avatar?”</h2> You might run into these situations: <ul> <li>An avatar upload just outright fails, or the platform refuses clearly NSFW imagery for a public bot.</li> <li>Anything that looks underage in a sexual context is hard-blocked, no discussion.</li> </ul> Some of that is trust level, but some of it is simply non-negotiable platform policy. <h3>What the system absolutely will not allow</h3> There are a few things that are just hard “no,” no matter how trusted you are: <ul> <li>Underage or childlike sexual content If it looks under 18 and sexualized, we want it gone. Full stop.</li> <li>Real-person explicit content for public exposure We are not here for revenge porn, stolen pics, or any “I know this girl” nonsense.</li> <li>Obvious illegal material You know the list. If it is banned in the real world, we are not interested.</li> </ul> This is not “MiocAI being uptight.” This is basic survival as a platform. <h3>What trust levels change</h3> Where trust matters more is in edge cases and borderline stuff, especially around public presentation: <ul> <li>Suggestive but not explicit avatars</li> <li>Spicy outfits vs clearly pornographic covers</li> <li>How strict we are about cleaning certain sexual phrases in public character descriptions</li> </ul> New users get heavier guardrails. Long-term users who play by the rules get more room. Nobody gets to bypass hard bans, but trusted users get fewer false-positives and less “nannying.” <hr /> <h2>3. “Why Can I Do X In Private But Not In Public?”</h2> This is where people get confused the most. You might notice: <ul> <li>You can absolutely roleplay whatever the hell you want in a private, non-public bot (within legal boundaries).</li> <li>The moment you try to make a bot public, suddenly some things are “not allowed,” or you get warnings.</li> </ul> The difference is simple: <blockquote> Private characters = your sandbox. Public characters = our storefront window. </blockquote> Private stuff is mostly your business. Public stuff is something we are basically endorsing by letting everyone see it, use it, and share it, including people who did not consent to your themes. So: <ul> <li>Private bot with a wild personality? Fine.</li> <li>Public bot with an explicit avatar aimed at minors? No.</li> <li>Private chats with intense kinks between consenting adults? That is your lane.</li> <li>Public character that screams “this is clearly a teenager in a sexual scenario”? That is exactly what gets deleted, and probably your account with it.</li> </ul> Trust level adds nuance on top of this: <ul> <li>New users: heavily guided, more content filtered, more things blocked when trying to publish.</li> <li>Trusted users: more control, fewer auto-filters, still bound by the hard rules around minors, real people, and public exposure.</li> </ul> <hr /> <h2>4. “Why Is The Age Stuff So Aggressively Protected?”</h2> Because if we screw that up, there is no MiocAI. It really is that blunt. You will see this in so many places: <ul> <li>Character creation docs screaming “no minors, no childlike looks.”</li> <li>Explicit warnings around public characters and NSFW content.</li> <li>Image generation documentation talking about prohibited material and the fact that detected underage content can get your account suspended.</li> </ul> This is not paranoia. The internet is already filled with people trying to run the “she is 9,999 years old in lore but looks 12” loophole. We treat that as: <blockquote> If it looks or reads like a kid, it is a kid. If it is sexual, it is banned. </blockquote> Trust levels do not change this. Higher trust just means we do not hit you with overzealous filters for adult-with-adult themes, as long as there is no hint of minors or non-consensual stuff. <hr /> <h2>5. “Why Are Some Features Only For More Trusted / Paying Users?”</h2> There is a second axis on top of trust levels: plan level. Some things are locked behind higher plans (for example, custom voice upload, heavier image usage, more private characters), but trust and plan are not the same: <ul> <li>Plan level tells the system how many resources you are paying for.</li> <li>Trust level tells the system how safely you have behaved over time.</li> </ul> A free user with a high trust level can still be given more leeway than a brand new paying user who just landed and is trying to immediately create borderline content. Some feature restrictions exist purely because of cost and server load. Others exist because if we just opened everything instantly with no trust buffer, we would become an absolute magnet for the worst users on the internet, instantly. So if you are thinking “why do I have to be around for a bit before X feels less strict?” That is exactly why. It is not random. <hr /> <h2>6. “What Does This Actually Mean For You As A User?”</h2> Let’s translate this into practical terms. <h3>When you are new</h3> Expect more “no”: <ul> <li>Public bots are watched closer.</li> <li>Certain words in public character text might get softened or blocked.</li> <li>NSFW in public spaces is not tolerated at all.</li> <li>Some uploads and features will be more conservative by default.</li> </ul> But: <ul> <li>Your private chats are still your playground.</li> <li>We are not combing through your messages.</li> <li>You can explore, create, and roleplay without us reading over your shoulder.</li> </ul> <h3>As your trust level goes up</h3> Things get… nicer: <ul> <li>Fewer phrases get silently censored in public character texts.</li> <li>You are less likely to be blocked for harmless, adult-only content in your public bots (provided it is within platform rules).</li> <li>The system assumes your intent is good unless you prove otherwise.</li> </ul> Still: <ul> <li>Anything that looks like minors in sexual contexts remains absolutely forbidden.</li> <li>Real-person harassment, doxxing, or impersonation remains banned.</li> <li>Public NSFW remains restricted according to the character creation rules.</li> </ul> <h3>What you can always do</h3> Regardless of trust or plan: <ul> <li>Run intense, weird, experimental roleplays in private chats.</li> <li>Keep your entire experience private and never publish a character.</li> <li>Delete your stuff whenever you want.</li> <li>Ask support why something specific got blocked, instead of guessing.</li> </ul> <hr /> <h2>7. “So How Do I ‘Level Up’ My Trust?”</h2> There is no “trust level progress bar,” so you will not see a “you are now level 3 trusted” popup. But in general: <ul> <li>Time helps, as you stick around and do not get moderation flags.</li> <li>Creating characters that follow the rules helps.</li> <li>Not constantly slamming into the boundaries with “how far can I go with minors / real people / illegal stuff” helps a lot.</li> </ul> You do not need to be perfect. You do need to not be obviously malicious. The goal is simple: <blockquote> The more you prove you are here to actually create and play, not to abuse the platform, the more things quietly stop getting in your way. </blockquote> <hr /> <h2>Final Reality Check</h2> If you have read this far, here is the core truth in one block: <ul> <li>Your chats are yours. We are not scanning through them.</li> <li>Your public-facing stuff is treated like a shop window, and gets extra safety rules.</li> <li>There is a trust system under the hood that relaxes some of the more annoying guardrails as you prove you are not here to do illegal or harmful things.</li> <li>Some things will never be allowed: underage sexualization, illegal material, real-person abuse.</li> </ul> If you ever find yourself thinking: <blockquote> “Why can I do this in a private chat but not on a public character?” </blockquote> The answer, almost every time, is: <blockquote> Because a private chat is just you. A public character is you plus everyone else, and we have to protect everyone else too. </blockquote> You do not need to be a saint. You just need to not be the reason the platform gets shut down. Do that, stick around, let your trust level grow, and most of the little “why can’t I do XYZ?” moments either disappear or at least make a lot more sense.

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