I’ve been a tester for quite a few patterns since I’ve joined ribblr (I just checked … almost a year now!), and there never used to the the disclaimer “Note: you must have completed the pattern yourself.” I’m now seeing this on almost all tester calls.
I can’t imagine volunteering to test, and then not going through with it. The fun of testing is figuring things out! (Just my opinion).
It’s true that it’s funny but there is a lot of crazy people in this world so… security?
I don’t know 
Too true!
Ah ! I’ve just realized!
Maybe some people were using AI just to earn karma points without realizing the pattern 
Ok so this note is not for testers it is for the designer. They are supposed to remove the note after uploading a photo of their pattern. Sadly there have been quite a few instances of people creating graphs and never actually making them, people posting a call for a pattern they wrote but never made, and people using other people’s photos for their pattern.
ETA: I just made a suggestion post to change the wording but also to get confirmation on who it is for in case I am wrong 
I have notice within the past couple months a boom of absurdity with the patterns and within testing. I quit applying because of it. I think it has been since early March since I have applied for something. I know I am new to ribblr and figuring the app out, but I have been crocheting for decades. It seems there are new people to the app that are also new crocheters that are convoluting things as well. It has been a mess. Hopefully things will get better soon.
Ohhhh so that’s why that’s there
Yeah like Nova said, it’s for the designer. It’s to make sure people actually make their pattern first (like crochet wise) and not just writing it down.
Also happy Ribblrversary!
As NovaRaineCrochet pointed out in an earlier post, this note is not for testers.
This note is a reminder for pattern designers to make their “pattern” first and upload a photograph of their finished make.
Ah … that would make sense. My husband is a professor and is having quite a time with papers written by AI. Thanks for the insight!
Thanks!
I’m so glad someone pointed out this is for the designer because I thought it was a weird line to include in a test call 
I do designing and did not realise this was meant for me. Makes sense now.
OMG that must be a huge problem for teachers and lecturers today. Definitely an immediate fail for anyone doing this and better still kick them out of the course. 