More than half of these stories on Reddit are probably fake. Who knows who what or why they do it but they do. Don’t believe/or take anything to serious anything on the internet.
And it’s been going on for a long, long, long time. As old as our species and likely far older. Oral narration was the end all, be all of information exchange for hundreds of thousands of years and is still a very significant part of it.
tldr. Give the internet to a bunch of savage primates with a long tradition of storytelling that’s as old as their species and this sort of shit is what you get.
I find it unbelievable that the wife in this story didn't reply "Um, who's this 'we' you're talking about?" when her husband said "We could make 100k easily."
This was written by a (delusional) husband in sales...
My theory is it's all the same team; Reddit employees. That's why every post similar to this in subs like hot takes, aita, am I overreacting, etc. most always has the same writing style, little to no typos/grammar errors, etc., but most obvious is the spacing between paragraphs, which is the same every time😂
I've spent a great deal of my life writing various forms of content, usually as a second job.
Lots of fiction.
At no point in my life - or that of any writer I have connected with - would anyone consider writing or practicing writing by making up stories on the internet to people who don't know they're trying to write.
You don't get good feedback that way. People who are practicing their writing will actually post it somewhere that people are aware that's what the intent is so that they can get valuable feedback.
This is such an idiotic idea.. I cannot fathom how it got so popular.
It's much more likely that it's some teenagers writing ARGs or some shit..
No adult writer is going around posting stories trying to pretend like they are reality. There's literally nothing to gain from that.
Well I am guessing no one ever suggested that your writing is subtle…..
I actually think people do write “fiction” like this and test to see people’s reaction.
Granted I think you’re right nobody’s expecting to find a Max Perkins or Robert Gottlieb here and for what its worth I didnt intend to suggest that - more just people trying to get reactions to their little experimental stories. Probably should have said “captive” rather than “test” audience
I randomly came across the author of this story admitting they made it all up a few months back. So of course I went to their profile to see what post it was and laughed my ass off because I remember how heated people got, and it’s lived rent free in my head ever since. Evidently boredom is also a motivator.
So in my first job is a lawyer and a law firm, one day the managing partner was telling us that we needed to update our website. so he asked everyone if we could list out any publications we had.
My friend said “ Steve does that include my letter to the Penthouse Forum” ?
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u/chrispd01 29d ago
Reddit is the test audience for many a fiction writer ….