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Creepypasta-fantastic! This is great and now the cyber world has a new legend. I am def NOT going to type those words into any AI generator.

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Wow, creepy as heck. I remember creepypastas, can’t ever forget them. I remember when my best friend phoned me one night when we were in primary school and told me a couple crazy scary stories that made me unable to sleep for a week. If I’d read this when I was ten, I’d wager it would have had the same effect.

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Jeez. And I thought that one time I accidentally broke my laptop by trying to watch Ice Age back in college was bad. *shudder*

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Sep 12Liked by S.E. Reid

O.O This is having the exact same effect on me as the Bloody Mary legend -- I'm NOT going to go say it three times in front of a dark mirror, but I'm THINKING about it.

AMAZING story! Love the format too.

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What a great concept, something that could be expanded into a longer work. The audience only sees the tip of the iceberg of what's actually happening to the character, the brief postings stir the reader's imagination.

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I love fake social media stuff, far more than real social media to be honest. So this was a nice treat to see.

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This was highkey amazing

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Sep 12Liked by S.E. Reid

Do you want superintelligence? This is how you get superintelligence.

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That was fun.

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Deep creep factor...realistic enough to think about trying it on MidJourney. You know, just to see. ;-)

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This was super creepy! Loved the pace and it felt real. Keep it coming!

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Clever. 'Show not tell' the whole way. Plus you got the Reddit vibe down to a tee and the dark AI language flip was cool. Now just iterate for full eradication. Obv. 😲

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Sep 14Liked by S.E. Reid

Ohhhh…I really enjoyed this. Well done! 👏 I love the last post by the OP where it sounds like generic AI-written content. Very Black Mirror-esque. Glad you decided to experiment!

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I loved this! Esp as I am Trustee in a charity helping people losing their vision, and their remaining vision is everything. Very scary indeed 😎

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Really great idea! an episode of black mirror right there! genuinely created that shudder you get when the horror is unveiled. well done. i expect you felt pretty pleased with yourself when you got that down 😎

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If this is not part of a "cyber horror" genre, we need to declare it as a legit category and put this story front and center!

Thusly doth the Parasite invadeth the Collective...

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