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gcb0 on June 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ten years on, revisiting YouTube’s first viral sen...

so every social site lately required fake users?

this is not as direct as reddit own staff posting but pretty close

soylentcola on June 17, 2016 [–]

It was still user generated content. It was just telling a fictional story in a faux-realistic format...the vlog.

Not much different that the fake documentary style horror movies like Blair Witch. They just managed to keep the fantasy going for longer.

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