Hit 500 AI art rejections today, feels weirdly good

I started a side project back in March where I try to generate a single image prompt each day and post it publicly, no matter how bad it turns out. Today I logged my 500th rejection from an automated content filter, and honestly, I am celebrating that number. It matters because each rejection taught me something specific about how the system draws its lines, like when a picture of a sunflower got blocked for being too close to copyrighted art, or a beach scene got flagged for something about swimwear. I have been keeping a spreadsheet of every refusal with the prompt and the reason shown, and patterns have emerged around faces, brand logos, and even certain lighting styles. The milestone surprised me because I expected to quit around day 40, but now I treat each block like a puzzle to solve. Has anyone else tracked their rejection counts over a long stretch, or do you just shrug and move on to a new prompt? I am curious if my 500 is normal or if I am somehow picking fights with the algorithm on purpose.

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dylan_bell23d ago

Third Tuesday in a row I got blocked for typing "mountain lake reflection" because some stock photo agency owns the concept apparently. My count is only at 47 but I actually save the weird ones as screenshots on my phone now. It started as a joke but now I have a folder called "algorithm says no" and its basically become my favorite collection. The best one was when a prompt about a wooden chair got flagged for "potential furniture design trademark" and I still have no idea what that means. I think you are onto something treating it like a game instead of getting frustrated, 500 is honestly impressive in a way most people wouldnt understand.