4chan is less creative in general. less shoops. more frogs. less stories. more shitposting and AI.

>The internet felt bigger and it felt like at any moment you'd stumbled upon some crazy shit.

That's because in a way, it was. It was less centralized, and people spent far more time NOT on the internet... which is where creativity blossoms.

It's also partly because you were younger back then, everything was new and funny and interesting.

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For paranormal fiction I like chuck palahniuk
His book lullaby about a real estate agent who sells haunted houses where only violent deaths occur. There’s spirit possession. A guy who makes his living by placing ads in newspapers saying “if you got food poisoning from this restaurant call our law firm. Then the fancy restaurant calls and he has them pay him to stop the ads