How a count becomes a question.

Collection

The prototype queries aggregate post totals for one or two approved tags through the Rule34 authenticated DAPI. It requests the smallest result set needed to read the total and does not store, display, or relay source posts.

AI-exclusion scope

The condition labelled “Exclude tagged AI-generated” subtracts posts carrying the source tag “ai_generated” by using the reviewed negative tag “-ai_generated”. It does not claim to detect untagged AI content, mislabelled posts, or every AI-related category.

Review and freezing

• Every character needs traceable evidence of adult status and manual approval.
• Every condition must come from the internal allowlist.
• Each count snapshot must pass validity review.
• Ties, counts below the condition threshold, and gaps under roughly 7% are not published.
• Difficulty is calculated from the log10 gap between the two counts.

Timing and possible differences

The page shows a snapshot time, not a live view of a third-party site. Deleted posts, tag merges, and indexing delays can create differences. Use the report action beside a round if something looks wrong.

Failure fallback

If collection fails, the game continues to serve the most recent approved frozen rounds. A failed response is never written to the database as a zero count.