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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Creative writing presented as truth

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Oh man, this is something I definitely hope to never see again. I'm so tired of the unbelievable TIFUs, AITAs, and/or OffMyChests with thousands of upvotes that had obviously-fake stories.

The worst one (in recent history) was that TIFU with the student who slept with their professor's daughter.

Part 1: https://libreddit.de/r/tifu/comments/1379pge/tifu_by_hooking_up_with_professors_daughter/

Part 2: https://libreddit.de/r/tifu/comments/137u9bk/tifupdate_by_hooking_up_with_professors_daughter/

Part 3: https://libreddit.de/r/tifu/comments/1391lmj/tifupdate_i_cuckolded_my_professor/

I hope this kind of bullshit never happens here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

And all of the rage bait posts too (including in those subs).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It will, there will always be charlatans looking to get their jollies by lying for an audience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I sometimes wonder if Reddit was hiring writers to write those posts to drive engagement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fucking A they were. No one can convince me otherwise. There was a style of writing that became obvious with the writers idiosyncrasies seeping through all the time with some very uncommon phrases and words being used that normal peons simply do not use.

And then there were the writing themes that would create engagement over a week-long period to boot by these same writers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

/r/nosleep went from genuine scary but plausible stories to literal vampire fanfic porn. One of the worst pivots in reddit history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I watched that happen in real time, such a bummer because there was some really cool and creepy writing on there at one point

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

*without context.

I don't mind that kind of thing provided it's in the right place and/or labeled as satire.

I mean, that's basically what The Onion is. Bullshit presented as real news, for laughs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure this is going to happen...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Or pics being grounds for sob stories and creative writing prompts to get more upvotes on theur shitty pictures. That's why I unsubbed from r/pics and subbed to /r/nocontextpics. Cool photos, no sob stories.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

And subs that then enact rules that say "dont question the story," prompting more of that crap