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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/drewiepoodle on 2025-07-22 00:03:40+00:00.

Original Title: Study finds fanfiction community craves familiarity more than novelty, but also reports that they find greater enjoyment from novelty. Future work may identify ways to establish link between novelty and success of cultural products, or to quantitatively estimate the novelty of such products.