Lost all my friends to this, what do I do?

I have been getting added by a lot of bots on Snapchat that try to promote their onlyfans and always pretend they’re a real person. Last year when I was 16 I was added by a girl who has 20 snap score which is very low, in seeing this I thought it was another bot and I like to just waste their time. She said that she was 13 and I said okay and then she asked for a picture of my face. I sent a picture of my face and they sent a picture of some random girl off tiktok who I searched up and saw had a lot of followers so I knew was not this bot with 20 snap score. I then said “you look good” which I just said so the bot would keep speaking to me. They then asked to meet up and I was confused by this, to see what would happen I gave them a location and they said they could go there on a specific day, I was very confused as bots don’t normally do this. Just in case this was a real 13 year old and not a bot (which I knew was highly unlikely) I said “Why do you want to meet?” I then said “I don’t want to do anything romantical with you if we meet since you’re too young” they then said “I don’t think we should meet then” I wanted to see why this bot wanted to meet so said “no no we should still meet” I then went there the next day and it was 2 boys from my high school who are now sending screenshots of the chat and the part where I said “you look good” while leaving out the “I don’t want to do anything romantical with you since you’re too young” they have sent it to many in my high school and I lost all my friends since everyone thinks I am a pred. I feel horribly about this, and I truly didn’t think and thought it was a bot, I am not attracted to people that age.

I have been getting added by a lot of bots on Snapchat that try to promote their onlyfans and always pretend they’re a real person. Last year when I was 16 I was added by a girl who has 20 snap score which is very low, in seeing this I thought it was another bot and I like to just waste their time. She said that she was 13 and I said okay and then she asked for a picture of my face. I sent a picture of my face and they sent a picture of some random girl off tiktok who I searched up and saw had a lot of followers so I knew was not this bot with 20 snap score. I then said “you look good” which I just said so the bot would keep speaking to me. They then asked to meet up and I was confused by this, to see what would happen I gave them a location and they said they could go there on a specific day, I was very confused as bots don’t normally do this. Just in case this was a real 13 year old and not a bot (which I knew was highly unlikely) I said “Why do you want to meet?” I then said “I don’t want to do anything romantical with you if we meet since you’re too young” they then said “I don’t think we should meet then” I wanted to see why this bot wanted to meet so said “no no we should still meet” I then went there the next day and it was 2 boys from my high school who are now sending screenshots of the chat and the part where I said “you look good” while leaving out the “I don’t want to do anything romantical with you since you’re too young” they have sent it to many in my high school and I lost all my friends since everyone thinks I am a pred. I feel horribly about this, and I truly didn’t think and thought it was a bot, I am not attracted to people that age.

I don't buy the 'I thought it was a bot' stuff as you'd surely still be weary of the chance of them being real. Not really sure what your goal was here mate. Baffled by the fact you would want to meet up with 13 year old girls anyway, even if you said it 'wasn't romantically'

Yeah you've really done yourself no favours here, I don't think many people would buy the 'I was just curious about the bot' excuse
As soon as you knew she was 13 you shouldn't have sent any photos imo, you shouldn't have commented on any they sent you and you absolutely 100% should not have arranged to meet and then actually went.
I'd be looking to move schools after this tbh

It will all blow over. Harsh now but time great healer. We all make mistakes and you will be all the more stronger coming out of this.

Unfortunately, I feel compelled to add to this thread, if only to give an example
TW : Indirectly mentions sex offences
On Friday night I got word that a guy I've known 20 years has been apparently caught in one of these child protection stings, where an adult perv thinks they're talking to a child and asking for nudes or to meet etc, and it's actually a group of adults gathering evidence waiting for them before handing them over to the police. His face has been shared all over FB etc 100s of times and I think the police smashed his door down about 2am Friday, I don't know if he is in custody or on the run. 100s of of people on local social media openly saying they'll harm him if they find him.
OP, just remember this could have easily happened to you.

I have been getting added by a lot of bots on Snapchat that try to promote their onlyfans and always pretend they’re a real person. Last year when I was 16 I was added by a girl who has 20 snap score which is very low, in seeing this I thought it was another bot and I like to just waste their time. She said that she was 13 and I said okay and then she asked for a picture of my face. I sent a picture of my face and they sent a picture of some random girl off tiktok who I searched up and saw had a lot of followers so I knew was not this bot with 20 snap score. I then said “you look good” which I just said so the bot would keep speaking to me. They then asked to meet up and I was confused by this, to see what would happen I gave them a location and they said they could go there on a specific day, I was very confused as bots don’t normally do this. Just in case this was a real 13 year old and not a bot (which I knew was highly unlikely) I said “Why do you want to meet?” I then said “I don’t want to do anything romantical with you if we meet since you’re too young” they then said “I don’t think we should meet then” I wanted to see why this bot wanted to meet so said “no no we should still meet” I then went there the next day and it was 2 boys from my high school who are now sending screenshots of the chat and the part where I said “you look good” while leaving out the “I don’t want to do anything romantical with you since you’re too young” they have sent it to many in my high school and I lost all my friends since everyone thinks I am a pred. I feel horribly about this, and I truly didn’t think and thought it was a bot, I am not attracted to people that age.

If he actively engaged in talk with a suspected minor, he deserved that. He was not "caught" in a sting, he committed a crime willingly, even if luckily no child was harmed or traumatised in discovering he was a *****.

To be honest the details are v murky for now, normally these 'stings' have the target being directly confronted and then the evidence read for all to hear before the police arrive. In this instance they claim he evaded them and but they film outside his//someones' block of flats apparently being raided.
I can't lie I'm torn, I owe the guy at least the benefit of the doubt until I see something incriminating, but it doesn't sound good. I've been scouting fb, court rolls etc.. I can't bring myself to contact him just now :/
I'm really just trying to make clear to the OP and others that this is how quickly you can ruin your life with such choices, let alone a child's *shudder* but there are absolutely people who hunt down this stuff with a passion.

Unfortunately, I feel compelled to add to this thread, if only to give an example
TW : Indirectly mentions sex offences
On Friday night I got word that a guy I've known 20 years has been apparently caught in one of these child protection stings, where an adult perv thinks they're talking to a child and asking for nudes or to meet etc, and it's actually a group of adults gathering evidence waiting for them before handing them over to the police. His face has been shared all over FB etc 100s of times and I think the police smashed his door down about 2am Friday, I don't know if he is in custody or on the run. 100s of of people on local social media openly saying they'll harm him if they find him.
OP, just remember this could have easily happened to you.

I never sent anything bad to them or even talked in a sexual way to them at all, I did the complete opposite. The only thing I should not have done was still try to meet them