Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-10950063-20131125204106/@comment-5643552-20131217030211

Ryonne wrote: Well, Creepy, they don't entirely know they're amateurs. I think most people post stories that are considered bad simply for feedback or, if they know they're poor writers in general, constructive criticism. I guess it all comes down to whether this site is a community of creepypasta writers or an archive of select, high-quality pastas. The recent controversy over deletions make it seem like there's a discontinuity between the moderators and old-time users wanting the quality pasta showcase and the new users and amateur writers wanting the writing community, so to speak.

I'm really indifferent, and I'm honestly not active enough on the site to take a side, but I just think it's important we understand where each side in this argument is coming from before we call each other dicks.

Well, this is a wiki, so the content obviously comes before the community. This is really not a great place to get feedback on your work, anyway; there are plenty of other sites that are better suited for that purpose. And, while amateur writing is not always a bad thing (creepypasta is basically just amateur horror writing when you get down to it), the overwhelming majority of this site's user-submitted content is just bad. People generally come here read and not to critique others' works, so if the content is 99% shit, that is going to hurt the site more than benefit any one individual. We HAVE played with the idea of having some kind of 'writer's workshop' forum, though. The idea was shot down initially, but I still think it's worth considering.