User blog comment:MrDupin/Rant about Reddit Creepypasta Threads/@comment-7064562-20161211060804/@comment-25941663-20161211133740

I don't use Reddit much at all, I've only posted like ten times. I didn't know it was this bad.

I disagree with your comment about short stories. They are really hard to do right. Yes, it is easy to write fewer words, but in a short story every word counts and one should take extra care when wording his sentences. One misstep and your story is thrown out of the window, as it will stand out like fly in soup. Also, it is really hard to write something creepy/scary in under 300 words (or 500 words, the limit on Reddit). People think it is easy -because hey, they're are shorter!- but the truth is it is just as hard, maybe even harder to come up with an idea that will horrify the reader in such a short length. With longer stories you can hide an average idea under great writing, but in short stories that is not the case.

That is why the short stories subreddit sucks. People think it's easy, then they get hit by a hard dose of reality.