yup. nobody submits their novel at the end. very few of them ever get read even by friends and family. the whole point is personal goals and self expression.
and honestly, using llms in that context i think wouldn’t be a problem… except for its use of other author’s works without permission
eta:
see the above. there’s no deluge. the whole interface for tracking completion is a daily check-in on the web where you self-report the number of words you wrote
people on the forums admit to just writing the same word over and over again when they get blocked
it’s been a weird and lovely competition up until the moment they didn’t know how to deal with sex offenders trying to become moderators 
