It's like an Oscar's Speech. No one really cares, but it's there anyway. Although, everyone loosely pays attention to it, halfassedly, but so if something amazing happens they can catch it. Rarely ever happens though.

>>7825034
>thanking for ghostwriting
I always laugh when it comes out

Because it's nice to give credit to those who made the novel possible but otherwise would go unacknowledged. Why does it bother you?

>>7825071
even to your ghostwriters?

>>7825087
>>7825061
the what

>>7825034
Clearly it exists for social jockeying purposes, like most human activity

I'm idly curious as to how many trees were used solely for these incredibly minor ego-wanks directed at a few people who read the acknowledgement once, at best