Foucault pendulum — by Aoinu
https://www.vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_b717f21f-8afd-4f7d-babd-e5d235e26fda

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It's true that still plenty of newfriends join, but I guess it would be even more, if the shitposters ceased.

The mechanism of the shitposters is also less that people buy into their "hurrdurr, everyone's a psychopath" story, and moreso that the fun posts are drowned in angry and uninteresting posts. 

Everyone I've spoken to about how they joined mentioned that they saw a funy/cool/cute WebM/image/video. Shitposts reduce the frequency of people seeing these. 
That's also why it's so important to post what you consider to be worthwhile content instead.