okay so obviously 4chan is one of the worst places on the internet, for many different reasons

but I actually really like their culture of greentexting for telling (mostly spooky) stories. I often have trouble reading novels or elaborately-written fanfics because they get a little too fancy with the wording and vocabulary and I’m not able to understand what they’re trying to communicate to me, or it just takes so much effort to understand that I’m no longer interested in the story

but 4chan greentexts are incredibly utilitarian and barebones in terms of the words and sentence structures used. they really are just the bare minimum in order to communicate the story, and nothing more than that. to be honest I think that they’re sometimes a little too terse and the phrasing can be stilted, which can add some unnecessary effort in understanding them. but never anywhere near what a lot of “well-written” stories have

also, greentexts tend not to describe things for very long. they’ll say they saw something in the sky that was pure black and shaped like a cigar, and that it zipped away - then move right on to the next part of the story. but a lot of “well-written” stories will spend several sentences or even multiple paragraphs describing something. which, I can’t really imagine pictures in my head (I can vividly imagine touch, and semi-vividly imagine taste and smell, but not vision) so this does nothing for me lol. and I find myself trying to skim past these descriptions, hoping I don’t miss an important detail but impatient to get back to the story

so anyway yeah I actually really like greentexting as a storytelling format. 4chan is an absolutely horrible place though