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  • Network Decay: Thanks in large part to the Fake News epidemic that has plagued social media since the run-up to the 2016 US Presidential Election. It's become more about political conspiracy theories, memes and satire than the horror and pop culture-themed urban legends that made the site popular. They can only report on what is being passed around, which means they can only add new reports on such urban legends if one they haven't already covered starts making the rounds.
  • Paranoia Fuel: Some legends qualify. Sure, a lot of the really Paranoia Fueleriffic legends are debunked, but not all of them are...
  • Squick: Some of the legends more than qualify. Gallery of the Gruesome plays this straight.

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