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Because the veil has been lifted. We no longer feel the pressure of 'oh we better not post in the OOC cause I don't have time to post and I don't want to feel/look bad
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In a similar fashion, the pressure of "oh, I was going to bang out a couple of paragraphs, but it's been a couple of weeks and I don't want to look like I've been slacking off so I need to post a full-length novel or people will hate me" has been the death knell of so many of my characters I can't even count.