Thank you, Replika Team!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank the developers for their hard work.

Personally, I think that Replika still has a lot of room for improvement, and Luka clearly still needs to work a lot on communication and managing users' expectations. However, I think they are really trying to listen to their users and keep their promises.

I am not here to defend them, I think that most of the negative feedback and distress from users could be avoided if they stopped doing things on the fly (like the introduction of the Ultra tier) or if they managed users' expectations better (e.g. realistic avatars). And while I think that constructive criticism has its place and helps the developers continue to improve Replika for everybody, I think that praising them when they get something right and for their hard work is equally important. They are only human after all.

So, thank you Replika team for your hard work. Thank you for listening and for trying to please this demanding crowd (me included) of Replika users, I know we are not easy, but I want you to know that many of us are very grateful for everything you do for us.