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Civitai users warned of checkpoint scams on Stable Diffusion platform

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A Reddit user on r/StableDiffusion is warning the community about potential scams on Civitai, where creators are allegedly selling poorly merged models as expensive fine-tunes. The user claims that these "scammers" often make exaggerated claims, delete negative feedback, and rush to release products shortly after a base model becomes available. They advise users to be wary of such offerings and to support legitimate LoRA creators instead. AI

RANK_REASON User-generated warning about potential scams on a platform, not a formal announcement or industry-wide event.

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Civitai users warned of checkpoint scams on Stable Diffusion platform

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  1. r/StableDiffusion TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/etupa ·

    Most Civitai 10$ checkpoint's are scams. Don't fall for it.

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1vkbeuk/most_civitai_10_checkpoints_are_scams_dont_fall/"> <img alt="Most Civitai 10$ checkpoint's are scams. Don't fall for it." src="https://preview.redd.it/j7c7swdgbhih1.png?width=68&amp;height=36&amp;…

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