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[lizbee]

In addition to all the other problems, the I Write Like meme is a ploy by a vanity press to attract hits, and also to increase Google rankings.

So, y'know, stop with the linking and all.

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[fallingtowers]

From a purely SEO point of view, this idea is actually brilliant. Linkbait does work quite well.

Aah

[philippos42]

It was going off awfully small samples. First time I was told I write like Dan Brown. Later Stephen King I think. I've seen Margaret Atwood come up too. Writers I don't really like that have sold a lot.

I decided it was best to ignore it. Yet I worry that when I'm expositing lamely I do write like Dan Brown.

I would like to write like Charles Bukowski, but no way this pseudo-hip internet quiz thing is going mention him, right?