An Open Letter to OpenAI & the Sora Community

Enough is Enough

From the creators who believe in what Sora can be.

We, as members of the Sora content creator community, need to expose a serious threat to our platform: deceptive accounts like Sora2L that impersonate official roles, cheat the system, and antagonize fellow creators.

We've seen this account, for example:

  • × Misusing Sora's logo and branding to fake an official affiliation, tricking users into believing they're endorsed by Sora
  • × Posing as part of the "Official Sora Creator Team" and as Sora's public spokesperson without any actual involvement from the company to gain fake influence and reputation
  • × Using 'like bots' to generate over 200,000 artificial likes on other creators' content, manipulating creators into following the account
  • × Cheating through blatant bot-farming and spam tactics, racking up 40,000+ followers and 300,000+ likes in less than a month to artificially boost the account's visibility and scam the algorithm
  • × Viciously antagonizing other prominent creators who dare to call out the shady behavior, turning the community toxic with personal attacks

We joined Sora for its promise of integrity, fairness, and respect, but these bad actors' actions are eroding all of that. Despite our multiple attempts to report these accounts through official channels, nothing has been done, leaving us with no choice.

As a united community, we reject this imposter and demand:

  1. Investigate botted accounts like Sora2L immediately and suspend the accounts while the investigation is underway
  2. Enforce the rules and Terms of Service without favoritism
  3. Ban botted accounts to restore trust and protect the community from impersonation, harassment, and bot-driven manipulation
  4. Establish transparent and timely moderation processes to prevent this from happening again

If you're tired of imposters like Sora2L ruining Sora:

See the full evidence in the appendix below.

Signatories

Additional signatures collected via community channels.

Disclaimer & Legal Notice

Nature of Concerns

This petition alleges violations of OpenAI Terms of Service only. It does not allege criminal conduct or unlawful acts. Terms such as "imposter," "scam," or "deception" refer strictly to violations of community guidelines (e.g., misleading profiles or artificial engagement), not criminal identity theft or financial fraud.

Basis of Statements (Opinion)

All assertions in this document are opinions based on publicly observable data (e.g., follower counts, public screenshots, timestamps). We claim no access to private user data or internal OpenAI logs.

Zero Tolerance for Harassment

This petition requests a formal trust & safety review by OpenAI. It is not a call for direct contact, harassment, or "dogpiling" of the individual. We explicitly condemn doxing, threats, or contacting the user outside of the platform's reporting tools.

Appendix

A. Evidence

The following evidence has been collected by community members. All links lead to publicly accessible content.

IMPERSONATION

A.1 — "Official Sora Creator Team" Bio & Sora Logo

Sora2L's profile used the official Sora cloud logo and bio claiming to be "Real Lucy from the Official Sora Creator Team" — directly impersonating OpenAI affiliation. (Bio has since been changed—only after reaching a large number of followers.)

Sora2L profile showing Sora cloud logo and bio reading 'Real Lucy from the Official Sora Creator Team'
IMPERSONATION

A.2 — "I'm part of the Sora team"

In this video still live on Sora, Sora2L explicitly claims "I'm part of the Sora team" — directly impersonating OpenAI staff.

View on Sora
IMPERSONATION

A.3 — Follower Growth Analysis

Chart showing explosive growth from ~948 followers on Oct 27 to ~48,000 by Dec 5 — an unnatural trajectory that doesn't match organic community building.

Line chart showing Sora2L follower count growing from 948 on October 27 to over 48,000 by December 5 Alternative source
IMPERSONATION

A.4 — "Happy Thanksgiving from the Sora creator office"

Sora2L posted an AI-generated video captioned "Happy Thanksgiving from the Sora creator office" — falsely implying they work at OpenAI.

Post caption reading 'Happy Thanksgiving from the Sora creator office' with 596 likes View on Sora
IMPERSONATION

A.5 — "I am the face of Sora"

When asked "Are you the creator of Sora?", Sora2L responds "I am the face of sora 🤗" — not denying the implied OpenAI staff affiliation.

Comment exchange where user asks if Sora2L is the creator of Sora, and Sora2L replies 'I am the face of sora' View on Sora
IMPERSONATION

A.6 — Responding as an OpenAI Employee

When asked "Does OpenAI have some policy where only certain employees are allowed to show their face or voice?", Sora2L responds "Yes" — answering as if she has insider knowledge of OpenAI's internal policies.

Comment where user asks about OpenAI employee policy and Sora2L responds 'Yes' View on Sora
IMPERSONATION

A.7 — Alt Account Claiming OpenAI Staff Affiliation

A "sora2les" account defending Sora2L by claiming "the real Sora team follows me openly on the app" — implying official OpenAI staff endorsement.

Comments showing someone warning about impersonation and a sora2les account claiming the real Sora team follows them View on Sora
IMPERSONATION

A.8 — Insider: Team Running Alts & Claiming OpenAI Employment

DMs from someone who was in Sora2L's inner circle revealing: "She is selling that she work for open ai", has "a full team of people" running regional accounts ("The Japan page is a Japan old dude", "The Arabic one is an Arab"), and runs "multiples chats" to "brainwash" people.

DM messages revealing Sora2L claims to work for OpenAI and has a team of people running regional alt accounts
BOT FARMING

A.9 — Reddit: Concerns About Botting

Detailed post on r/Sora2 documenting inorganic growth patterns, threatening DMs to those who speak out, and suspicious engagement metrics that don't match organic growth.

Reddit post titled 'Concerns About Botting on Sora 2: A Community Member Speaks Out' detailing suspicious follower spikes, like ratios, and threatening DMs View on Reddit
BOT FARMING

A.10 — Reddit: Sora2L Accounts Liking Posts

Users on r/SoraAi questioning the coordinated "Sora2L" accounts (Sora2LSlavic, Sora2LArabic, etc.) that automatically like posts.

Reddit post asking 'What are the Sora2L accounts that like my post?' mentioning Sora2LSlavic, Sora2LArabic, etc. View on Reddit
HARASSMENT

A.11 — Coordinating to Block Critics

DM from a community member revealing Sora2L created a private group and "one of the first thing she tells us is block this guy binary rot" — organizing harassment against critics.

DM screenshot describing how Sora2L created a trusted group and immediately instructed members to block a specific critic
HARASSMENT

A.12 — Sending People to Spy on Critics

DM warning a community member: "she is sending people to spy on you" — revealing coordinated surveillance of those who speak out against Sora2L.

DM messages warning that Sora2L is sending people to spy on critics
HARASSMENT

A.13 — Bio Admitting Ownership of Alt Accounts

Sora2L's own bio explicitly links to @SoraKids, @Sora2LJapan, and @Sora2LCombat — openly admitting to operating multiple accounts while still claiming to be "The Face of Sora creator."

Sora2L profile bio showing links to @SoraKids, @Sora2LJapan, and @Sora2LCombat accounts

B. Documented Sub-Accounts

The following accounts have been identified as part of a coordinated network engaged in automated activity to boost the main account.

  • sora2lcbt
  • sora2lindia
  • sora2lslv
  • sora2ljp
  • sora2les
  • sora2lfr
  • sora2ljapan
  • sora2lslvc
  • sora2larabic
  • sora2lcombat
  • sora2lin
  • sora2ltr
  • sora2lkr
  • sora2lvn
  • sora2leu
  • sora2lar
  • sora2lth
  • sora2laf
  • sora2lcn
  • sorakids

Note: Total unique accounts identified: 20.