Why does it matter if people believed it or not? What stopped you from just sitting back and watching how others would react?
I watched him before the edits on the "victim". It was a pretty dumb story, so I just began reading other threads. I was more surprised when someone began taking it seriously when I saw other posts the following day.
Why would I want to interrupt that?
Then there's how you responded to it. Why would you feel the need to interrupt it?