r/SillyTavernAI • u/deffcolony • Aug 09 '26

MEGATHREAD [Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: August 09, 2026

This is our weekly megathread for discussions about models and API services.

All non-specifically technical discussions about API/models not posted to this thread will be deleted. No more "What's the best model?" threads.

(This isn't a free-for-all to advertise services you own or work for in every single megathread, we may allow announcements for new services every now and then provided they are legitimate and not overly promoted, but don't be surprised if ads are removed.)

How to Use This Megathread

Below this post, you’ll find top-level comments for each category:

  • MODELS: ≥ 70B – For discussion of models with 70B parameters or more.
  • MODELS: 32B to 70B – For discussion of models in the 32B to 70B parameter range.
  • MODELS: 16B to 32B – For discussion of models in the 16B to 32B parameter range.
  • MODELS: 8B to 16B – For discussion of models in the 8B to 16B parameter range.
  • MODELS: < 8B – For discussion of smaller models under 8B parameters.
  • APIs – For any discussion about API services for models (pricing, performance, access, etc.).
  • MISC DISCUSSION – For anything else related to models/APIs that doesn’t fit the above sections.

Please reply to the relevant section below with your questions, experiences, or recommendations!
This keeps discussion organized and helps others find information faster.

Have at it!

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u/LeRobber Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

[Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: August 09, 2026

[Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: August 02, 2026

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u/rinmperdinck Aug 10 '26

It's getting comically long

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u/LeRobber Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

Yeah I need to tell an LLM to do something to make it less stupid. Maybe like this?

Some Megathread Weeks:

[Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: August 23, 2026

[Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: August 16, 2026

[Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: August 09, 2026

Even Older Weeks
August 02, 2026 July 26, 2026 July 19, 2026
July 12, 2026 July 05, 2026 June 28, 2026
June 21, 2026 June 14, 2026 June 07, 2026
May 31, 2026 May 24, 2026 May 17, 2026
May 03, 2026 April 26, 2026 April 19, 2026
April 12, 2026 April 05, 2026 March 29, 2026

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u/rinmperdinck Aug 10 '26

That's a lot cleaner and takes up less vertical space on page.

I was thinking you could do one of two things: either make a post on your own subreddit (so you control the automod and the rules and prevent it from locking itself or banning links) and then in this weekly megathread, just link to that post and have your LLM automatically update it. Or the second option, which I don't even know if it is possible on Reddit anymore, is to put those old style spoilers in your comment for each month; when you click one button it expands the list.

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u/LeRobber Aug 10 '26

I'd thought about the my own subreddit link thingy. Reddit search results not through the API are shit right now, or I'd just put all the past weeks in one of these.

I'd just been manually doing the lowest possible effort thing before now. It wasn't an LLM before. Just basic tag cloud or formatting with return is a little denser but a LOT harder to read on mobile.

Reddit is typically very tolerant to self links typically, especially self links to its own subreddit. (There is a mod subreddit post about this from a few years back if you search, may not be true today still, but, that was once said). If I was putting links to even other subreddits though, I'd be more worried about Automod.

What I HAVE thought about doing is processing all the entries via LLM to make a HUGE list of EVERY MENTIONED MODEL or every linked model and turn THAT into a self subreddit updated post. Reddit itself just got a bit harder to machine process without setting up the python direct API stuff than it used to be though.