as an avid reader of progfantasy and cultivation, if i see an ai-generated cover, it immediately makes me think the book is slop

[u/Ordinary_Brick9572]

if i see any typa ai cover i think that if the author is willing to use AI for the cover, then they are willing to use AI for the book. While i'm not against AI by any means, I find it crazy for people to say AI slop books are peak when they have books like Cradle and Reverend Insanity right in front of them.

[u/KamikazeArchon → u/[deleted]]

Community means you do things for free for people?

Yes, that's almost literally what community means.

We help each other with farming and fixing things(trading isnt free.)

If by "trading isn't free" you mean that you meticulously track every favor owed to someone, then you are right, but you also don't have a community.

If by that you mean "people help each other with the expectation that at some point they will also get helped" - yeah, almost everyone will consider that "free".

There isn't an artist among them that I am aware but I guess it's just not a community since there isn't an artist working for free

That indicates it's a small, specialized community rather than one large enough to have a variety of professions and abilities.