>>530260958
I don't think anyone well adjusted posts here. And as long as you're using the bots in a way you like, it's fine.

>>530261405
>anything you don't want to type out constantly goes in persona (height,clothes,special features,past history,{{user}}'s vibe,etc.)
>you are making a skinsuit to slip in, not a character, avoid describing personality unless you're ok with the model deciding it knows better than you how {{user}} should behave
>tie in backgrounds and lore and history into your persona from the defs/lorebooks into your persona, the models love it
>beyond 400~ tokens you're dangerously close to the point where the model may stop seeing "{{user}} and their actions I can flavor" and start seeing "separate character I can speak and act for", results may vary
>xml or header or do something around your persona's info for consistency in model doing anything with it
>download this https://github.com/SillyTavern/Extension-QuickPersona
>for supplementary lorebooks I name them *original name* - *persona name* and fill them with important timeline stuff, prompted diary entries written by {{char}}, important characters that show up, anything you want consistent between chats if you are summarizing
you will pick up what you need to when you start doing it and you will also start noticing in your own botmaking if you're failing to put in hooks for personas that appeal to autists like me once you start looking for them in other bots