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during covid i would post all sorts of made-up stories in r/relationship_advice just out of boredom/for the fun of creative writing. once the post stopped getting comments, i’d delete it/my comment history and write another one. i got quite a lot of karma, some awards, and a real dislike for the term “red flag” after ~six months of this



I wonder if this real life story (the one about posting fake real life stories on r/relationship_advice) is real or fake.


Not something most would brag about, especially in a tgread about inauthentic posts on subreddits being unethical.


i didn’t mean to sound like i was bragging. the comment i was replying to was wondering if people make posts that are essentially creative writing exercises, and i was simply saying that, yeah, people (me in this case) definitely do that


Fair enough.


Sounds very similar to an inauthentic post itself in how it presents an appropriate background. (I think it's real, but we have to question now.)


That isn't bragging, its just their experience.


Why not?




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