i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • @Skiv@lemmy.world
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    131 year ago

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

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      61 year ago

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

      • @Dr_Chocolate@lemmy.world
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        41 year ago

        I thought that was actually the point now. Just make up the craziest scenario you can think of and then get rated on it.

        “AITA for having sex on the space station with a Russian cosmonaut and accidentally creating an international incident?”

      • @systemglitch@lemmy.world
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        21 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.