Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-5269370-20140103013046/@comment-24077689-20140104022758

I definitely agree with you, it does include both of what we're talking about. But for someone who's aspiring to be a writer and wants some suggestions of great stories, I wouldn't suggest the old stories. You're right, they're excellent examples of cliche bullshit, but if I'm a new writer and I come and see that I'm more likely to emulate that, put less effort forth.

I feel like if someone is really going to go out of their way to write an original story that's not some piece of crap knock off they'll understand what is and is not cliche. And that's a great way to put it. The originals, the classics are great for an intro into what creepypasta was, largely memetic material that was of lower quality. It's great as an intro to the foundations of Creepypastas. The other I'd say is more useful as a "this is what the community members suggest, these are higher quality stories." I just want to encourage a higher level of writing.