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One style of [[Mockumentary]], where it's a recognizable type of computer document -- IRCdocument—IRC chat log, forum posts, guestbook, Facebook posts, blog entries, email, etc. It's almost always a [[Fanfic]] or history fic, mainly because it's an "easy" form, and it's almost always at least part-comedy, mainly because it would be hard to take this seriously anyway.

It could also be an [[Apocalyptic Log]]. May be integrated with a [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]. [[Character Blog]] is a variantsubtrope usually done as part of a larger work. Compare [[Gag Dub]].

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* ''[[The Avengers Shouldn't Text (Fanfic)|The Avengers Shouldn't Text]]'', which is a [[Slice of Life]] log of texts between the [[The Avengers]] set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].

* [httphttps://twitter.com/Lonebot# "Lonebot"] and [httphttps://twitter.com/curlehbrace# "Curlehbrace"] reenact ''[[Cave Story (Video Game)|Cave Story]]'' through the Twitter feeds of the player character and Curly Brace.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'''s side story ''City Face'' has metafiction [[Bonus Material]] -- [http://gunnerkrigg.wikia.com/wiki/City_Face_comments comments] where City Face himself, other birds and City Fairies laud or abuse each other, internet guestbook style.

* ''[[The Guild]]'' and ''[[Dr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]'' have this as a framing device.

* In a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], a British design studio recreated the film ''[[Home Alone]]'' [httphttps://twitter.com/HATproject/homealone entirely through tweets], including [[Character Blog|a Twitter page for every character who had a part]], ''in realtime'' over Christmas 2009. They plan on doing ''[[Home Alone]] 2'' over Christmas 2010. They don't plan on doing ''[[Home Alone]] 3 or 4''..."ever...as those movies suck. That is all."

** ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100903125419/http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794889 5 Star Wars Status Updates]''

** ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20101017092440/http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1809882 Gamebook: 5 World of Warcraft Status Updates]''

* [[Cracked]].com ]]

** ''[http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-series-of-emails-from-cyberdynes-tech-guy/ A Series of Emails From Cyberdyne's New Tech Guy]'' pokes fun at [[A Worldwide Punomenon|terminally]] [[Too Dumb to Live|unsafe]] behaviour of certain characters in the ''[[Terminator (Filmfranchise)|Terminator]]'' movies.

** A borderline example in ''[http://www.cracked.com/article_18658_6-movie-plots-that-could-have-been-solved-in-minutes_p2.html 6 Movie Plots That Could Have Been Solved In Minutes]'' -- a blitz [[Fix Fic]] for ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]] Saga: New Moon'' ([[It Makes Sense in Context|It Makes Fun Of Context]]).

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512170556/http://quarterlifecomic.com/?p=54 This] strip of ''Quarter Life Comics''.

* The online novel ''[http://toothycat.net/~hologram/UltimateDream/ Ultimate Dream]'' is written in the form of a [[Character Blog]], with comments on each entry by the character's friends. The story progresses in the form of blog posts by the [[Genre Savvy]] [[Deadpan Snarker]] narrator, as she and her friends play a [[Role -Playing Game]] and get [[Trapped in TV Land|sucked into the gameworld]].

* The book ''Ophelia Joined the Group "Maidens Who Don't Float": Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook'' by Sarah Schmelling is a collection of several [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|classic lit titles as told through Facebook updates.]]

** ''Jesus on ThyFace: Social Networking for a Modern Messiah'' does something similar for the [[The Bible (Literature)|New Testament]].

* Since ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' is made largely of chatlogs, there are tons of fanfics for it that are based around just one long chatlog.

** There's also the fic "[http://archiveofourown.org/works/160841 Self-Imposed Challenge]", written as a series of forum posts.

* ''[[I CarlyiCarly]]'' has a reasonable number of this. The general idea is often some kind of 'gossip blog' run by Wendy, with the characters posting messages on the site. Wendy will write an article claiming xyz have happened, and the characters come in so that [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8068159/1/Korrabook Korrabook] has the cast of ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' post on a Facebook-esque social site about the events that happen in the series.

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