I'm tired of this crap...
I have seen this story 3 times on ##Lemon8. It's a story from Reddit that was written about a year ago/early this year (I'm not sure when I read it but I know it's at least a year old or more). And this isn't the first of its kind. I read a lot of reddit at night due to my insomnia and I listen to it on YouTube (I listen to a YouTuber named Rslash). I have come across so many repeat stories and ppl who comment have no idea that these stories do not go to the account, like it's now their own story. Not to mention the amount of stories that are made up by ppl on this platform and then another 10+ creators take the same story. Some tweak it a bit (not enough) and others don't.
It's getting so tiring to see repeats of something that I've seen a year or more ago. #stopstealingotherscontent
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