Talk:I Thought I Was Alone/@comment-25170312-20140917195027/@comment-25340844-20140918223840

Kid, the only reason the r/Nosleep mods say that is so that people can't leave comments like "Totally fake," "I call bulshit," "Pics or GTFO," etc. The reasoning is that this ruins the experience for the other readers. It's a stupid, frustrating rule, in my opinion, but I see why it's enforced. Most people on Nosleep don't honestly believe the stories; they just pretend they do because that's  how the sub works. The authors just think up stories and act as if they really took place. Please note that they aren't lying; they're just entertaining subscribers.

That's not to say that all of the stories there are fiction - I'm sure some are true or at least based on actual events, but they make up a very small percentage of the sub's content.