User blog comment:ArmadillooftheAges/Useless thoughts and opinions from an old user here/@comment-25170312-20190226185303/@comment-38454773-20190226201553

I know what you mean and I was hoping not to sound too dramatic when I was mentioning that. I just feel like it takes away from part of the Creepypasta aesthetic once again. For example, one thing that I feel added a scoop of creepiness to the "originals" was that pastas didn't exactly have a "face" or an "identity". It was kind of giving all the attention to the idea of the Pasta itself instead of who wrote it.

Back in my day, there was a user who got some popularity known as "slimebeast" or something like that, and everyone welcomed the guy in the chat (back when it existed) as if he were some kind of Creepypasta celebrity. I actually read one of his pastas years ago, and I wondered "Why the Hell is this popular or scary?" (I think it was that "Godzilla" one) and then later on I find out this guy gets his own genre as if his stuff is so unique. I just found it silly and seeing as everyone was bowing their heads to this dude on the chat, I thought it didn't make any sense and I got a little concerned that other Pasta-writers wouldn't get recognition for their own work because these "popular Pasta-makers" would sort of "dominate the market".

I mean, if his and other certain people's works get popular, then good for them and all that, but I just feel like it was a bad decision and now that I see others getting their own genres, it seems like it's becoming a trend and I think it takes away the spirit of what made Creepypasta what it was as well as being somewhat unfair to other writers. Again, this is all just my opinion.