User blog comment:AB1997/Am I the only one who feels that the original charm of creepypasta was lost a long time ago?/@comment-36393004-20181022145842

Well, considering that it's a choice for us to put our names to what we write and a choice as to how long we decided to drag out a story it seems it was a choice to turn what CP was into what it is now. Any author has that same choice to write a short creepy tale and leave it anonymous to allow for that same old CP feel. It's just how most of us have grown as a community. Those old tales will still be there though, to constantly remind us of where we all came from and why.