I just think it's extremely obvious - without getting into the content of the posts at all! - that most of the content of the sub is fiction Once it became well known that it was a way to go viral and get lots of attention, it couldn't possibly be anything elsehttps://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1343000164378689537 …
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Everyone knows this is how telling a bullshit story works irl You get many times as much "engagement" for saying something really happened to someone you know than for saying you saw it online, orbs definitely more than for "I just made up this cool story I thought would be fun"
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And you get the most engagement BY FAR by saying that it actually happened to YOU Nothing is as exciting as having the subject of the story right here, in front of you, to react to in real time The problem is irl it's a lot easier to call you on your shit if you do that
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So being able to put on a mask and hang out anonymously with a throwaway account is the best of both worlds Hence why it's such a popular pastime, and why the big "AITA exposé" got a dozen people to admit it was their major writing hobby
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