霍勒斯在他的书信中问道：“如果希腊人也像我们这样鄙视新奇事物，那么古代的作品现在还会存在吗？”

"Had the Greeks held novelty in such disdain as we," asked Horace in his epistle, "what work of ancient date would now exist?"

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事实上，这都是那些艺术家和创作者们想出的新奇办法。他们要通过社会媒体和在线论坛创作作品，赢得关注，扩大作品的影响力。

In fact, it's a hilariously quaint idea for those artists and makers who use social media and online communities to create, distribute, and expand upon their work.

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然而，我发现了一个现象：每当我们的身边发生了一件新奇的或者重大的社会新闻事件，那么在此后的一段时间内，这类题材的故事作品就会源源不断地从四面八方涌入我们编辑的信箱。

However, there is a phenomenon I found that every time a big event or big news happens, editors mailboxes are chock-a-block with the articles which on this topic in a period of time.

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