Check it out:
"In the following, there is the translation of the beginning of an immensely popular forum post. This is a story about a man's involvement in the world of gangsters in China. The author was probably making things up as he progressed. Periodically, some of the commentators stepped in and made up their own variations. So the popularity of this forum post is based upon different reasons, of which the interaction may play a significant role."
It's fan fiction without a canon for readers to reference, a Choose Your Own Adventure with competing storytelling voices, and a crazy step for blogging and fiction. Imagine a community oriented around the telling of a tale, instead of the tale itself. I wonder if this kind of experiment could work in America...
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