User blog comment:Axlthekoopakid/I'm Done With This Site/@comment-5206240-20140325165643/@comment-24077689-20140325173554

"Secondly, we guage on plot progression, development, tension, character, and much of this also hinges on whether something is totally cliched or not. So while grammar, diction, structure, etc. are all definitely things we look at it doesn't always make or break a pasta. Our standards need to be updated for the general public, but the editors and reviewers outside of the admins, such as myself and several others, all guage on a standard of quality that lightly mirrors that of a publisher. That is to say, we're less strict than a publisher, but we're also exacting in what it is that makes the pasta good. With that being said, Creepypasta.com actually is what you're talking about. The people that run that site don't only look at quality, it also teeters heavily on their personal preference. "