Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-36627132-20190412175855/@comment-5643552-20190412200424

Might as well repost this reply from the previous thread, since it's more in line with the topic of this one.

ArmadillooftheAges wrote: LOLSKELETONS wrote: ArmadillooftheAges wrote:

[...] but for old folks like Ned, Skelly, and myself, it kind of kills what we originally loved about them. Don't get me wrong, I still love reading newer pastas, but I do miss that "vibe" of older 4chan-influenced pastas that emphasized anonymity and actually read like honest-to-god urban legends. In my mind, that's what set creepypasta apart from general horror fiction - well, that and the amateurish quality often on display. My bad. I could've sworn you said you weren't a fan of the newer standards and all that stuff. Yeah, Those qualities are what made the old Pastas so good. I believe all I said was that this wiki has been "creepypasta" in name only for a very long time. In fact, I've thought that since around 2013, before the current standards were even solidified. An older admin, Mr.Zalgopasta, once suggested that we rename this place to "Horror Writing Wiki" or something along those lines, and to this day I agree with him. Not about literally changing the name (that'd be stupid), but with the general sentiment behind the statement.

No longer is this site a repository for actual creepypasta; those died at the beginning of the decade, anyway, and we have Historical Archive for those. Now, this wiki is largely a place for amateur horror writers to practice their craft. Whether this is a good or bad change depends on what you're looking for in this wiki, but I'd say it was kind of an inevitable change.