Board Thread:Administration/@comment-24304936-20140603171416/@comment-5825217-20140608233832

PyroGothNerd wrote:

But yeah, while you might be okay with someone writing a fiction story about something tragic happening to you, I would not, expecially if I *never was asked permission. That sums it up pretty well. I personally wouldn't know how to feel; on the one hand, I've got the part of me that enjoys this wiki saying "Actually, that'd be intriguing" and on the other hand I have the rational side going "What the hell? No way, you bastard!" Obviously, however, if i were the victim (or her parents) I certainly wouldn't approve of such a thing. (Disapproval is rather an understatement. I'd be absolutely livid.)

I think we're all in agreement (well, most of us anyway) that a) the event itself was absolutely horrible and b) whoever wrote that story is just sick. You can't say the wiki didn't play a part in it, though. Sure, the concept of Slenderman existed before we ever became a thing, but we did facilitate its spread.

Oh, and I just had a thought:

We could not have described ourselves as a literature website had the whole quality standards crackdown not occurred. Whoever instantiated that either had a sixth sense, foresight, or luck. So nobody gets to complain about the standards anymore if their article doesn't meet them. We are a literature website.

Final bit:

For the longest time now I've wanted to do a vlog (not on Slenderman, because there are too many of those already). Now that something like this has happened, I'd put a disclaimer in the beginning of each video: "This video is strictly for entertainment purposes. The persons and events depicted in this video are fictional. Any similarity to actual persons or events is purely coincidental." Because after going back to TribeTwelve's channel and reading the comments on his videos, I'm starting to wonder who else sincerely believes in Slenderman.