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theworldisquiethere
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Joined: 17 Apr 2016
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lonelygirl15
and other internet mysteries of yesteryear

I'd heard of lonelygirl15 back in 2006 but I thought it was just like a popular blog or something that caused drama when it turned out to be staged. Just recently I heard it had supernatural stuff in it and was basically an ARG, so I watched quite a bit of it (or usually just had the window on the side as I was doing something else).

It's a pretty creative idea. I think it's probably one of the firsts of its kind? I like how there are other channels that chime in, and I like the occasional videos with post-production, like the OpAphid and related channels, and the videos where Bree is brainwashed and play synthetic music.

Too bad it's mostly bad though! Laughing

I guess it's KIND of the point, but even after it was revealed to be staged, there was lots of stupid drama videos. And later on they kept insisting on showing us "action" segments which of course didn't work out well. Also it does seem kind of manipulative to me that people apparently tried to message Bree and got back answers that were ostensibly written by her but were actually written by the show's writers. And the story clearly wasn't planned out, nothing ever really happens except they add new characters. I stopped watching when Bree dies. That's as good a place to stop as any I guess. I see there are actually a ton more videos and even spin-offs and stuff.

Anyway the best thing about it was the nostalgic feeling of like, seeing a fun mystery from 10 years ago, and seeing those comments that were left 9 years ago. And I like that ARG feeling of wanting to believe it's real. Are there any other internet mysteries from years ago that anyone recommends reading/watching?

Also are there any more of these spooky, ostensibly true web series? Like Marble Hornets, for example. It's the only other one I know.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:37 pm

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