That's the most defeatist argument I've heard. "The stories of history are fake, most of the internet is fake, so we're justified in presenting a made-up story as real, like we've been doing all along."
I'm sorry. I'm not supporting an obvious engagement farm just because it "illustrates something" worthwhile. That's the fundamental reason why the internet is in such a horrendous state right.
To be clear, I have no problem with stories, or even "embellished history," if they're labeled as such. I mean, I know history is a interpreted construct with embellishment, that was middle school history class.
But this is presented as an example of a real human being's experience. It's why people are upvoting it.
And that's a straight-up lie.